Gathering for the Excursion to Istanbul on 07:00 in the morning from Omonia to Hondos Center and departure for Komotini with intermediate stops along the way. Arrival in Komotini and check-in at the hotel. Overnight.
After breakfast, departure for Istanbul, the city with many names. Border crossing. Crossing Eastern Thrace, stop in Raidesto, today's Terkintag. Arrival in the city and optional Bosphorus cruise by private boat. Dinner at a local restaurant. Transfer to the hotel, arranging the rooms. Overnight.
After breakfast, visit to Dolma Bakhce Palace with the largest collection of Baccarat crystal chandeliers in the world, the famous crystal staircase that is shaped like a double petal and is made of Baccarat crystal, brass and mahogany and the large number of Hereke rugs and bearskin rugs. Immediately after Kampatas boarding a ship to visit the Princes Islands. First stop in Halki with the famous Theological School and the Holy Trinity Monastery on the Hill of Hope and then in Prince with its picturesque streets, the impressive mansions and the lush gardens. Lunch at a beach restaurant. Back to the City. For the evening, we suggest entertainment in a traditional night club with a live orchestra and traditional belly dances(oriental). Overnight.
After breakfast, departure for a guided tour of the most important sights of the City. We will start with the greatest monument of Hellenism and Christianity, the majestic Hagia Sophia, which is an architectural achievement with its high dome 55 m. and diameter 31 m.. We will pass in front of the palace of the Top Kapi sultans where we will see it from the outside and the Byzantine Hippodrome, where the famous "Nica Stand" began, with the Bronze Tripod of Delphi, the stele of Constantine Porphyrogenitus and the Obelisk of Theodosius. We will visit the legendary Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed) with the brilliant mosaic decoration in blue tones and the six impressive minarets and then the Royal Cistern of Justinian(Byzantine Aqueduct – Yerebatan) with 336 Corinthian and Doric columns and the jellyfish where according to mythology, they turned anyone who looked into their eyes to stone. Lunch at a local restaurant and then a visit to the world's largest covered market, the amazing Covered Agora or Great Agora (Kapali Charsi-) after 5.000 shops and above 60 roads ( alleys) to make your purchases. Return to the hotel.
After breakfast, visit to the most important Byzantine churches. To the Ecumenical Patriarchate, at Fanari where we will see the Closed Gate, the place of martyrdom of Patriarch Gregory V, the Patriarchal House and the patriarchal church of Agios Georgios, the Panagia of Blacherna where the Akathistos Hymn was sung for the first time after the miracle that took place in 626 A.D, and then to the most important Holy Sacrament of Orthodoxy, in Balukli, in the Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi which is connected with the legends about half-fried fish and the fall of the City, where the tombs of the Ecumenical Patriarchs are also located. Then departure from Istanbul to Bursa. Transfer to the hotel, arranging the rooms. Dinner , Overnight.
After breakfast visit to the monument of Karagiozis as well as the famous Oulu Mosque with them 20 domes. We will wander through the market with the famous silks and fabrics, bathrobes and towels. Departure from Bursa. Border crossing and arrival in Xanthi. Check in at the hotel, overnight.
After breakfast departure for Athens with intermediate stops.
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Double room – Three bed room |
435€ |
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| Single room | 555€ | |
