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Blue Mosque is a must visit site in Istanbul. Main highlight of the mosque is its six minarets and 20,000 blue tiles.

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First Floor Office, The Oaks, Oaks Road, Woking, GU21 6PH, United KingdomPhone: 020 3384 6000, Fax: 01483 431 938, Email: [email protected]: http://www.globehunters.com Registration number: 6981085

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Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

First Floor Office, The Oaks, Oaks Road, Woking, GU21 6PH, United KingdomPhone: 020 3384 6000, Fax: 01483 431 938, Email: [email protected]: http://www.globehunters.com Registration number: 6981085

Basilica Cistern

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

First Floor Office, The Oaks, Oaks Road, Woking, GU21 6PH, United KingdomPhone: 020 3384 6000, Fax: 01483 431 938, Email: [email protected]: http://www.globehunters.com Registration number: 6981085

Basilica Cistern

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

• Built in 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I

• Developed to bring water to Istanbul from Thrace

• Also known as Yerebatan Sarayi means Sunken Palace

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Basilica Cistern

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

Main highlights:

• The cistern stored in the water illuminated with lights

• 336 columns to support the ceiling

Used as location in:

• From Russia With Love (1963 Bond movie)

• The International (2009 Hollywood Movie)

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Topkapi Palace

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

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Topkapi Palace

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

• From 1465 to 1856, served as a residence for Ottoman Sultans

• Got Status of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985

• Serving as a museum since 1924

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Topkapi Palace

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

Main Highlights

• Four Main Courtyards

• Gate of Salutation

• Imperial Carriages

• The Treasury

• The Harem

First Floor Office, The Oaks, Oaks Road, Woking, GU21 6PH, United KingdomPhone: 020 3384 6000, Fax: 01483 431 938, Email: [email protected]: http://www.globehunters.com Registration number: 6981085

Blue Mosque

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

First Floor Office, The Oaks, Oaks Road, Woking, GU21 6PH, United KingdomPhone: 020 3384 6000, Fax: 01483 431 938, Email: [email protected]: http://www.globehunters.com Registration number: 6981085

Blue Mosque

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

• Official name: Sultan Ahmed Mosque

• Completed in 1616

• Capacity: 10,000

• Number of Minarets: 6

First Floor Office, The Oaks, Oaks Road, Woking, GU21 6PH, United KingdomPhone: 020 3384 6000, Fax: 01483 431 938, Email: [email protected]: http://www.globehunters.com Registration number: 6981085

Blue Mosque

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

Main Highlights:

• West Entrance

• For non-worshippers entrance is from north side

• Ceiling’s 20,000 blue tiles featuring:

Abstract patterns

Trees and

Flowers

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Chora Church

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

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Chora Church

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

• Also known as Kariye Müzesi

• Features world’s best preserved collections of Byzantine frescos and mosaics

• Total number of Mosaic panels: 50+

• Oldest one was created in 1310

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Chora Church

Top 4 Sites to Visit in Istanbul

Mosaics featured in Central Room:

• The Dormition of the Virgin

• Christ to the left of the apse

• Child to the right of the apse.

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