Turkey private round tour
Turkey private round tour – We start with “Old City” for full day tour including the Blue Mosque, famous for its blue tiles and unique with its six minarets built in the name of Sultan Ahmet I.
Next, we will have a look at the Hippodrome of Constantinople where horse and chariot races used to take place. Finally, the famous Topkapi Palace museum will be visited, which was built as the home of the Ottoman sultans. After lunch, transfer to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
Turkey private round tour
Istanbul – Canakkale
After an early breakfast, we will begin our scenic drive down to Gallipoli, historically famous for being the site of many battles during WWI. Following a lunch break, we will cross the second strategic waterway, the Dardanelles, and land in Asia and proceed to Troy.
Referred to in Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey”, Troy has in fact nine cities superimposed one upon another. Troy VI pertains to the famous Trojan War of Homer where the legendary heroes included Agamemnon, Achilles, Ulysses, and Nestor on the Greek side and Priam, Hector, and Paris on the Trojan side. We will check-in to our hotel in Canakkale for dinner and overnight.
