Excursion schedule
Departure at 22.00. On the way to Moustheni, arrival at the border station of Kipi. After the control of the police and the customs we will have free time in the tax-free items. On our route to Eastern Thrace we will pass outside Kesani, Malgara and Redesto, traveling for a large part of the route parallel to the coast of Propontis. Arrival in Istanbul.
Go to the city market, the famous Kapali Charsi, with its 4,000 shops, where we can find silverware, jewelry, textiles and all kinds of souvenirs. We continue to the Egyptian market (Misir Charsi) where we can buy our spices. Accommodation at the hotel. Return to the hotel.
Breakfast. We will visit the masterpiece of all times, the Hagia Sophia that amazes us with its uniqueness. We continue for a visit to the Byzantine Hippodrome. There we will see the German fountain, the column of Theodosius, the Bronze column of Delphi and the column of Constantine the Purple-Born. Then we voluntarily participate in a cruise on the Bosphorus. We take a sailing tour, enjoying the European and Asian side of the Bosphorus. In the evening optional entertainment in a restaurant with dances and songs of the East.
Breakfast. Departure for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Ark of Orthodoxy, and the Patriarchal Church of St. George. We continue to the church of Panagia ton Vlacherna, where the Akathistos Hymn sings for the first time in 626 AD. Visit and pilgrimage to the Holy Monastery of Zoodochou Pigi with the holy water in Baloukli. Then we take the road back. With stops on the way for food and coffee, arrival in our city, full of beautiful memories from our trip.