Private Full Day Istanbul Tour: Christian Heritage

Itinerary

Private Full Day Istanbul Tour: Christian Heritage is a full day tour and available everyday. It covers the sites of Bulgarian Iron Church, Yedikule Fortress, Little Hagia Sophia, Saint Antoine Catholic Church.

The Full Day Christian Heritage tour will be started atfre you meet with your tour guide at your hotel and continue to first stop of the tour.

So, the details of the itinerary will be as follow;

• 09:00 - 09:30 Meeting at the hotel with your tour guide and driver.
• 09:30 - 10:00 Arrival to first point to start the sites.

• Golden Horn, the perfect introduction to the splendours of Christendom that crown Istanbul’s cityscape.
• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, once one of the fourteen autocephalous churches within the communion of Orthodox Christianity.
• Orothodox world, continue with a visit to Balat and the Bulgarian Iron Church, completed in 1898, brought in from Europe by rail. From here we explore the wooden buildings at the base of the towering ramparts of the Old City, where the practitioners of three distinct religions lived together harmoniously in one single neighbourhood. In addition to admiring the architecture of these wooden treasures.
• Opportunities to photograph the Walls of Constantinople, which stand strong to this day, as well as the still standing Golden Gate-the famed entrance to the Yedikule Fortress, gateway to the heart of Byzantium. Within those walls, one of the main attractions has always been the Little Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox church, thus named because it may have served as a model for the Hagia Sophia.
• Galata Tower, a 14th century medieval stone tower built by the Genoese that dominates the skyline of Beyoglu, affording sweeping views of the Old City, Golden Horn, Bosphorus, and the Sea of Mamara from its parapet, as well being one of the most striking landmarks in the city. From the Galata Tower we will take a short walk up historic Istiklal Avenue to the Saint Antoine Catholic Church, the most beautiful Catholic church in Istanbul, built in 1912.

• 17:00 - 17:30 At the end of the tour, driver to your hotel.
• 17:30 - 18:00 Arrival to hotel and the christian heritage tour will be ended.

Pick-up and Drop-off

How to organize the departure & ruturn Christian Heritage?

• The Departure and return of the tour, will be organized from the following central areas in Istanbul.
• Also it is possible to organize meeting point: It will be closer central areas to where you will stay. (Apartment, Home in those areas).

Language of The Guide

English

Experience

During the tour, experience the life, culture and history of Christians in Istanbul.

• Visiting the Christian heritage sites and experience the history, culture and life of chirstians in Istanbul.
• Visiting the ruins, monuments, museums of Bulgarian Iron Church, Yedikule Fortress, Little Hagia Sophia, Saint Antoine Catholic Church
• Enjoy a guided chirstianity discovery in Istanbul.

Includes

• Professional tour guide.
• All mentioned sites.
• All entrance fees during the tours.
• Hotel pick up services are free for this tour.
• All needed transportation during the tour is by non-smoking and airconditioned touristical vehicles.
• Local Taxes.
• Service Charges.

Excludes

• Personal expenses.
• Lunch
• Tips to tour guide and driver (Not compulsory).
• Optional tours.

Additional Informations