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Duration:
4 days (3 nights)

Cost: 207,000 AMD

The price includes:

• Air ticket: Kars - Istanbul - Kars or Yerevan - Istanbul - Yerevan (depending on the cost of tickets, certain changes will be made to the program)
• Transfers
• Internal transportation during the tour (tram, bus, metro)
• Hotel 3+* (three nights in Istanbul, breakfast included)
• High-class Turkologist-historian tour guide service
• Bosphorus Strait Cruise

The price does not include:

• Entry visa to Turkey (16,000 drams)
• The total cost of entrance fees to historical and cultural institutions is up to the equivalent of 100 dollars in drams (admission by appointment).

Tour Program:

Day 1
Early in the morning at 06:00 we depart from Yerevan to Istanbul. At 07:30 we go from Istanbul airport to the hotel. After breakfast and check-in at the hotel, we rest for 2 hours, then we go for a walk in old Constantinople. In the evening we will sail along the Bosphorus Strait.

Day 2
After breakfast in the morning, we will go to Taksim Square, the main center of Istanbul, and walk along Istiklal Avenue, rich in interesting buildings, to the Galata Tower. On the way, we will see the Holy Trinity Armenian Church in a cozy corner. In the afternoon, we will visit the Dolmabahce Palace, built by the famous Armenian architects Palyans.

Day 3
In the morning we will visit the Hagia Sophia, a major center of Christian heritage but also a haven for religious change, after which those who wish can also see the Blue Mosque. We will stroll through the beautiful gardens of the Topkapi Palace, and we will also have the opportunity to visit the ancient underground cistern of Constantinople.

Day 4
In the morning we will visit the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople and attend a liturgy (short) at the Holy Mother of God Church, then we will have free time. In the evening at 19:00 we will leave for the airport and return to Yerevan at 23:30. At night we will be at Zvartnots Airport at 02:40.