ISTANBUL SIGHTSEEING TOURS
Make your choice from a wide range of sightseeing tours offered by the Turkish tour company ''Veni Vidi Travel''. You can plan your visit to Istanbul, choosing from an extensive range of daily luxury guided sightseeing tours of Istanbul - which organized on private basis or regular group at any time with the mentioned rates that include A/C vehicles, Professional Guide licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism, all entrance fees and VAT.
We pride ourselves on our ability to find the perfect tour to suit your requirements making sure your visit is truly memorable.
The Sultan Ahmet Mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmet I.
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Hagia Sofia was a church from 537 until 1453 when Istanbul was conquered. It was then a mosque from 1453 until 1934 when it was extensivley renovated and became a museum. Hagia Sophia means Divine Wisdom.
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Home of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years, Topkapi ("Palace of the Cannon Gate") was the seraglio, the heart of the vast Ottoman Empire, ruled by the monarch who lived in Topkapi's hundreds of rooms with hundreds of concubines, children, and white
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Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest in Istanbul, was built between 1550 and 1557 by Sinan, the renowned architect of the Ottoman golden age.
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Spice Bazaar is a centuries-old market in Istanbul, mainly for food and treats. So many tantalizing sights and sounds, but more importantly smells and tastes!
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Traditional Bosphorus Ferry.
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The finest and richest examples of the Ottoman houses on the shores of Bosphorus.
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Dolmabahce Palace was built in the reign of Sultan I Abdulmecit during the 19th century, this over-ornate palace lies along the European coast of the Bosphorus.
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Buyukada ferry port.
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Horse drawn Carriages in Buyuk Ada, Istanbul. No Cars allowed on this island
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View of Princess' Islands
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Princess' Islands
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Turkish Breakfast.
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Turkish Tea and Simit.
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Turkish Kebap at Hamdi Restaurant
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Cicek Pasaji (Flower Passage)
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The Grand Bazaar (Kapalicarsi in Turkish) is one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world. It was built of wood after the Conquest of Istanbul around an old Byzantine building which became the part of Old Bedesten (Old Bazaar) today.
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The Egyptian Bazaar (Misir Carsisi in Turkish) is also known as Spice Market. It's located just behind the Yeni Mosque at Eminonu district, at the entrance of the Golden Horn.
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The Caferağa Medresseh is a former medresseh, located in Istanbul, next to the Hagia Sophia. It was built in 1559 by Mimar Sinan by orders of Caferağa, a eunuch during the reign of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566).
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The Arasta Bazaar, also known as Sipahi Carsisi in Turkish, is located behind the Blue Mosque in the old city center, just next to the entrance of the Mosaics Museum.
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Blue Mosque built between 1609 and 1616 by the architect Mehmet, the building is more familiarly known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior paneling of blue and white Iznik tiles.
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The mosque is famous for its exquisite Iznik tiles, set in beautiful floral and geometric designs, which cover not only the facade of the porch but also the mihrab, minbar, walls, and columns.
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The great Mosque of Eyup which lies outside the city walls, near the Golden Horn, the standard bearer of the Prophet Mohammed, died in the Islamic assault on Constantinople in A.D. 670 will be our next spot.
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Miniaturk is a little park outside of Istanbul with miniature replicas of all the famous sites in Turkey.
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Taksim Square situated in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major shopping, tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops and hotels. It is considered the heart of modern Istanbul.
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Galata Tower and Pera
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Galata Bridge and restaurants under the bridge
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The famous Orient Express, first arrived in 1895, which in its time carried kings, princes and statesmen to Istanbul, no longer exists. Sirkeci Station's age of splendor has long gone, but elderly people still remember how the earlier generation described
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