DOLMABAHCE PALACE PRIVATE YATCH CRUISE SPICE MARKET RUSTEM PASHA MOSQUE

We begin our Dolmabahce Palace, cruise on bosporus tour from your hotel at 08.30 AM

We will start with the tour with Dolmabahce Palace located in Besiktas district of Istanbul on the European cost of Bosporus Strait served as administrative center of Ottoman Empire from 1856 – 1922. 31st Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid ordered to built Dolmabahce Palace as the medieval Topkapi Palace was lacking in contemporary style, luxury and comfort when compared European monarchs. The palace was home tos ix Ottoman Sultans from 1856 when it was first inhabited up until abolition of Caliphate in 1924. The design contains eclectic elements from Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical styles blended with traditional Ottoman architecture to create a new synthesis. Whereas the Topkapi Palace has exquisite examples Iznik tiles and Ottoman carving , the Dolmabahce Palace is extensively decorated with gold and crystal. Fourteen tonnes of gold were used to glid the ceilings. Over 100 KG gold was used to decorate palace.  The world’s largest Bohemian crystal chandelier is in Cerenomial hall. Following to Dolmabahce Palace, we will embark our Private yatch for cruise on Bosphorus. The majestic strait that runs through Istanbul, linking Europe and Asia. From our curise boat, we view the dramatic sights lining the Bopsorus’ wooded dhores mosques, a bridge that for a time was the world’s longest and Rumeli Hisar, a massive fortress built by Mehmet the Conqueror in just three months as he prepared to take Istanbul. Also noteworthy on this cruise are the 19th century mansiaons of the Ottoman elite and the Sultans’ fancifull ginderbread palace and hunting lodges.  After the cruise, we will continue our tour with Rustem Pasha Mosque Named after Rustem Pasha who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Sultan Empire under reign of Suleiman the Magnificent I and designed by imperial architect Mimar Sinan around 1563. The mosque is located in Eminonu area close to Egyptian market or Spice Market our final stop built between 1660 – 1665 was first called ‘’New Bazaar’’  then it got its name ‘’Egyptian Bazaar’’ cause it was built with revenues from Ottoman eyalet of Egypt in 1660.  The bazaar has 85 shops selling famous Turkish delights, other sweets , jewellery, souvenirs and dried fruits.