Have the best moments with your loved one in Istanbul

Feb 10th: Arrival in Istanbul
Arrive in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul
NOTE:  If your flight is from/to Sabiha Gokcen Airport there is An EXTRA FEE TO PAY.
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Feb 11: Princes Island
This island tour starts from your hotel (**only Old City and Taksim area with free pick up service)  about 08:30. Take the ferry to one of the Princes' Islands, Buyukada (Big Island), which served as a place of exile for princes in the past. Leaving the Golden Horn you will go around Sarayburnu, the peninsula on which the domes and minarets of Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, and Blue Mosque can be seen. Upon arrival to the island, you will see the lavish Ottoman mansions and other beautiful Victorian-style summer villas around the island by horse-drawn carriage tour – on one of the islands this is the only allowed means of transport, motor vehicles are strictly prohibited.  There are colorful fruit trees, beautiful gardens, forest areas, and exotic flowers to be seen everywhere. Afterward, you can enjoy a delicious lunch in a cozy seaside fish restaurant and relax looking back at the domes and minarets among the skyscrapers of modern Istanbul's skyline.
This a perfect day for relaxing and enjoying where Istanbul's residents visit to have a run outside the rush of the city. Return by ferry and drop off at the hotel about 18:00. 

Feb 12:  Dolmabahce Palace Tour & Bosphorus Cruise
You will be picked up from your hotel at around 08:30 for Dolmabahce Palace & Yildiz Royal Gardens Tour. We firstly visit the Dolmabahce Palace, a recent residence for Ottoman Sultans. Famous with a great collection of European antiquity, furniture, and 4.5 tons chandelier, the palace has 285 rooms of 46 halls. After the palace, the next stop is at Yildiz Royal Garden. We take a walk in the imperial gardens ornamented with some kiosks and beautiful vegetation in the middle of Istanbul. Then drive to the restaurant for a lunch break. After lunch, you will first drive by Golden Horn shores viewing the City Walls, dating back to the Byzantine Era. Then you will reach the Eyup area, where you will take a short cable-car ride up to the Pierre Loti Hill, where you can get one of the most magnificent views of Istanbul and Golden Horn. Pierre Loti Hill is named after French author Pierre Loti, who fell in love with Istanbul at first sight and frequented the area a lot. After a short stop at the hill, you will get on the vehicle and drive to Eminonu, where you will get on the boat for a 2-hour Bosphorus Cruise. You will see the most impressive sights along the shores of the Bosphorus, including Dolmabahce Palace, Ciragan Palace, Maiden´s Tower, Bosphorus bridges, Rumeli and Anadolu fortresses, and Ottoman Residences. After the cruise, you will be dropped off back at your hotel at around 17:00. Accommodation in Istanbul.

Feb 13: Istanbul Old City Tour 
Istanbul City Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel at around 08:30. You will visit: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Roman Hippodrome Grand Bazaar After lunch you will see: Topkapi Palace, Sultan Tombs, and the tour will end at about 16:30 and back to the hotel Accommodation in Istanbul.
Please note that St. Sophia Museum is closed on Mondays, Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays. Blue Mosque will not be visited on Fridays.

Feb 14: Free day
You will have the day free at your own leisure. In the evening, you will be picked up from your hotel at around 20:00 for the Turkish Night Dinner & Dance Show at Sultana's Restaurant.  Watching spectacular, Floorshow of famous Belly Dancers, typical Anatolian Folklore Groups featuring popular musical instruments and Turkish singer. Been in an Oriental atmosphere, enjoy the "Kanun", a typical musical instrument; discover the delights of a typical "Fasil" orchestra; then a program extravaganza to experience the flavor of words and customs of our folklore and belly dancing. Have Turkish Coffee in a Turkish home furnished with lacework all around. And as a finale, enjoy a nostalgic journey into the very heart of entertainment. The show ends at around midnight, then you will be transferred back to your hotel. Accommodation in Istanbul.
You may also attend the Dinner Cruise on the Bosphorus instead of the Turkish Night at the Restaurant.

Feb 15: Transfer back to Airport
You will be picked up from your hotel depending on your flight time and will be transferred directly to the airport. End of services.

Included services:
- 5 night's BB accommodation in double room
- 3 full-day regular group
- 2 airport transfers
- Entrance fees
- Turkish Night Show
- Lunch

Excluded services:
- Drinks

Notes:
- The prices are calculated for 2 people staying in an Std double room
 

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