Meeting at the hotel
Boat ride along Haliç
Professional tour guide service
Chora Museum ticket
Lunch
Transportation
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Rows of traditional houses painted in a dizzying array of bright colors, life continuing in a way that hasn’t change for hundreds of years, little known churches, Byzantine architecture, and some of the best Istanbul views. Every local knows how charming and unique the historically cosmopolitan neighborhoods of Balat and Fener are. This tour offers visitors a chance to find out too. Located by the shores of Golden Horn (Haliç) waterway, these areas were home to some of the oldest settlements of Istanbul. It is still possible to see the Byzantine and Ottoman traces in amongs one of the most ethnically diverse populations of the city. (Image courtesy Bernardo Armani Ricci.)