Expect nothing less than the best on this elite tour of Istanbul. After a scenic drive in your motorcoach from the port, you arrive at the Blue Mosque. A multitude of domes and graceful minarets envelope the exterior, and over 20,000 blue Iznik tiles line the interior. Topkapi Palace Museum, your next stop, is the former palace of Ottoman sultans. Now a museum, it displays an extraordinary collection of art, and jewels, including the famed Topkapi Diamond. After a luxurious lunch at a nearby Restaurant, you visit the St. Irene Church, this Byzantine Church dates from 6th Century and has excellent acoustics. And then you visit the Grand Bazaar with over 4,000 shops, and Hagia Sophia, one of the greatest surviving examples of Byzantine architecture, rich with mosaics and marble pillars and coverings.