Start your day with a pickup from your European-side Istanbul hotel, Dolmabahçe Palace, recent residence for Ottoman Sultans built by two Ottoman architects Karabet and Nikogos Balyan on a 110.000 m² area and served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire. Famous with great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier, the palace has 285 rooms and 46 halls.

Bazar aux épices (bazar égyptien), senteurs mystiques de différentes épices. Boutiques vendant fruits, légumes, poissons, fleurs, etc.

Les remparts byzantins entouraient l'Acropole de Byzance avec une fortification de 22 km de long avec 96 tours et 9 portes principales datant du 5ème siècle.

This beautiful strait, sometimes spelled Bosporus and sometimes Bosphorus, was so called from the earliest ages by the ancients; from the mythology of 10, the mistress of Jupiter, having passed over it in the shape of a cow. It resembles the Dardanelles, in length, breadth and current, and like it, is a narrow separation which divides Europe from Asia; but it has many features familiar to itself. Instead of being a solitary stream running between deserted shores, it is a body of water full of life and animation, winding its way through banks covered with palaces and villages, shaded with magnificent forest trees, presenting to the eye, at every mile, a new scene of crowded existence.

Pont du Bosphore, une chance unique de passer d'un continent (l'Europe) à un autre (l'Asie) en 2 minutes.

Pierre Loti Hill The hill was named after the French novelist and naval officer Pierre Loti who visited Istanbul several times and stayed many years. -Fly Over by Cable Car Enjoy the beautiful view from the cable car all the way down to the hill.

We are visiting Eyüp Sultan Hazretleri in Istanbul's Eyüp neighbourhood, outside the city walls, near the Golden Horn, the Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan Camii) stands. The building today dates back to the early 19th century. The mosque complex consists of a mausoleum, the place where the typical born and companion of Muslim prophet Muhammad, Abu Ayub al-Ansari, is said to be buried. We shall visit the tomb as well.