We will pick you up from your hotel at around 8am this tour covers the most famous historic monuments and sights in the old city area there is the 1 500 year old hagia sophia museum gigantic blue mosque with its famous blue tiles hippodrome area where the byzantium era chariot races used to be held one of the largest palaces in istanbul topkapi palace that was the primary residence of the ottoman sultans for approximately 400 years and the worlds oldest indoor market the grand bazaar a