Tour of Istanbul: Planning A Brief Visit

Travelling to different places and tours of different cities can benefit a person in plenty of ways; and when you get a chance to tour Istanbul, you should not miss it. Even if you are not a regular traveler and are usually on a tight time schedule, you can have a short tour of Istanbul. The beauty surrounding this city and brilliantly crafted architecture of this city will make you spellbound. For those who do not have a lot of time to visit this city, here is an article that will come handy. This article will help you in planning your tour to this city. No matter you have a couple of days time, a week’s time or 10 holidays, you will find the travelling plans here. Some important places will also be mentioned which are essential to see as the travel to Istanbul is incomplete if you have not explored these great locations.

The tour of Istanbul is not less than going on adventure. It can also be listed as the adventure of Istanbul. There are a number of historical locations, some great museums, beaches and hills as well. So while you travel to this great city, you will travel to hills, beaches, places holding immense natural beauty, historical museums and many more. You can visit this city any time in the whole year and you will receive a warm welcome to this city as a tourist.

Couple of Days tour

If you are having couple of days of your tour, you may like to plan your schedule as this one. In the city, there are museums like Ayasofya, Hippodrome and topkapi and mosques like the mosque of Suleman “the Magnificent” and the mosque of Sultan Ahmed which is also known as the Blue Mosque. You may like to get into the sea and dug the historical peninsula deeply to see what is in it.

A week’s tour

For the ones who have whole week to spend in this splendid city, we recommend this plan. First of all they should complete the couple of day’s tour listed above. Then they should have a close look on the forts built in Roman times, Chora museum (also named as Kariye) which is well known because of the late Byzantine frescoes and mosaics. The Ghalata tower and Dolmabahce palace are also places that worth your time. After that, go to the Archaeological Museum, the Turkish-Islamic Arts Museum. For shopping and food stuff, you will not find better place than Spice Bazaar.

10 Days Visit

If you have 10 days time to explore this city, firstly you should complete the couple of days and week’s plan listed above. After that, the visiting places do not end. You can go to the Golden Horn harbor or you may like to sail into the Sea of Marmara. Cool down yourself in the water of Black Sea and take sun bath at the beach. After spending a day or two doing these task, save your rest of energy for shopping in the great bazaars. There is a Grand bazaar which will help you in performing this task. Alongside, there are malls at the Ak Merkez, Capitol and surrounding places.

After your visit to Istanbul, you will claim yourself that this is a place with the blend of traditional style and modern things. Besides the places and things listed above, there are plenty of other locations as well. You may require a whole month to get through this city completely. Once travel to Istanbul and get yourself in this beautiful city of Turkey, you may wish to stay here forever.