When it is still a long time to wait for a longed-for vacation, and the soul is eager to escape from the gray routine, you need to give yourself a bright and full of impressions weekend. There is nothing to miss Saturday-Sunday watching TV! Going for a walk ... abroad! Is this possible? After all, you need a visa, and also time to travel ... Tours to Istanbul for a weekend with a charter flight will allow you to quickly get to the city on two continents and return to your place of work by Monday morning without any problems. A visa to Turkey is obtained upon arrival at the airport, so the decision to go overseas can be made "at the last minute".
People choosing tours to Istanbul for the weekend save on air tickets (since flights are charter and cost less than regular flights) and overnight at the hotel. The standard program is three days and two nights. There is also an option offering four days and three nights. The ticket issued through a travel agency includes, as a rule, flight, overnight in a 3-star hotel with breakfast and two or three excursions, one of which is a sightseeing bus ride. You can also arrange your own vacation by booking a hotel through the website and reaching Istanbul by plane or other means of transport.
So, you are already in the largest city in Turkey. It is huge and full of attractions, but you only have that 2-3 days. If you didn’t come as part of a group, look for a hotel in the Sultanahmet, Beyoglu or Taksim areas so as not to spend a lot of time traveling to the historic city center. It is also strategically advantageous to settle near the Eminenu marina, from where tram boats depart to various areas. Tours to Istanbul for the weekend with a group will give you the opportunity to more fully get acquainted with the city, which lies simultaneously in Europe and Asia. Thanks to a sightseeing tour, you can decide what to visit in more depth. You might want to shop in the commercial area of Laleli.
All weekend tours to Istanbul include visits to the Topkapi Sultan's Palace, two mosques - Blue and Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, and Dolmabahchi Residence. What else does a traveler need to see? We recommend that you go to the Big Bazaar area and find the Suleymaniye Mosque there, where the mausoleum of the famous Roksolana and her husband, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, are located. By the way, this mosque withstood a 7-magnitude earthquake and did not give a single crack! And in the evening you can plunge into the noisy atmosphere of the bazaar, and even if you don’t buy anything in the end, you will surely get impressions.
A weekend tour to Istanbul includes a boat trip along the Bosphorus. You can see many openwork bridges, feel the fresh breeze on your face, hear the screams of seagulls circling over the Golden Horn and enjoy the impressive panorama of the city yourself. Go to the Eminenu Marina: from there, both scheduled “trams” and pleasure boats depart.
Weekend tours to Istanbul will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the authentic atmosphere of the Middle East. Unlike holidays in Antalya and other coastal resorts, where tourists are surrounded by the completely European atmosphere of hotels, Istanbul, with its eternally jubilant bazaars, a labyrinth of narrow streets of the Sultanahmet district, bursts into your life with a powerful wave of new experiences. Do not deny yourself the pleasure of going with the flow in this joyful stream of bustling life. Drink a few tiny cups of tea with apple or coffee with spices, taste real oriental sweets, balk and bargain in the malls, walk around the Taksim district, visit the Galatov tower and enjoy contemplating the belly dance in some cervansara.