Meet at Istanbul Port  or at your hotel in Istanbul.Our guide will hold up a sign with your name on it.After pick up drive to "Sultan Ahmet Center", the,heart of the "Old City" from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled. Our first stop is Hippodrome . Hippodrome, which was for 1,000 years, the center of Byzantiums‘life and afterwards for another 400 years Ottoman life. The Hippodrome was the scene of countless political and military dramas, including rival chariot races. The main monument left today is the impressive granite obelisk, carved in Egypt Around 1,500 BC and brought to Constantinople in 390 AD.Afterwards, continue to the BlueMosque, right at the edge of the Hippodrome. The Blue Mosque, also called the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, is a triumph of harmony, proportion, elegance and the only mosque in the world with six minarets.Part of the breathtaking interior is the stained-glass windows creating a marvelous colored effect and the graceful arabesques decorating the mighty dome and series of small Domes .The blue in  The name stems from the famed Iznik tiles, which line the walls. Since the Mosque İs still in use as a House of Worship, Visit the St. Sophia Museum, which is Across from the Blue Mosque requiring a few minutes of walking. St.Sophia Museum, was rebuilt on a larger scale during the reign of Emperor Justinian.His intention was that the new building should surpass in splendor all others inantiquity. It is said that 10,000 workers were employed in its construction.St.Sophia Museum was formerly known as the Church of Hagia Sophia(DivineWisdom).In 1934 Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic,had Hagia Sophia converted into amuseum.You will continue to the Topkapi Palace, a great walled complex huggingthe shores of the Bosphorus and Golden Horn and it was once the residence of Ottoman sultans and their harem.Mehmet II built the palace city, home for three centuries of Sultans, in the mid-1400 as a summer palace. With the successive Sultans, it grew into a great complex of buildings set in lovely gardens.A series ofcourtyards connect various buildings which now

house an astonishing collection of Chinese porcelain, treasures, the celebrated Topkapi Diamond and  Dagger and much more. Conclude your day of touring with a short drive to the exotic Grand Bazaar, which is one of the most colorful institutions of Istanbul.