Day 2 -
Istanbul City Tour - Turkish Cooking Lesson
(Breakfast and lunch included)
After a morning orientation, sightseeing tour of Istanbul, you will participate
in your first Turkish cooking lesson: preparing lunch which you will enjoy!
After lunch, visit to TOPKAPI PALACE. The great palace of the Ottoman sultans
from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal,
silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families,
the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle;
enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE: Across
from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as
the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik
tiles. HIPPODROME: Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the
three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and
the Column of Constantine. Overnight in Istanbul.
Please Note: Hagia
Sophia is closed on Mondays, Topkapi Palace closed on Tuesdays.