History

The mosques of Istanbul contain some of the greatest architecture in the world and are made of the world’s finest and most rare marbles, and exceptionally ornate tiling.

Aya Sophia, the Holy Church of Wisdom, is possibly the most amazing building in Istanbul. It was the greatest church in Christendom, called the Cathedral of Byzantium Constantinople and built a thousand years before St. Peters in Rome in 500 AD. Situated overlooking the Black Sea, it’s a dramatic and romantic location.

For four centuries, Topkai Sarayi was the home of the great Ottoman Turkish Sultans and in now one of the world’s greatest museums.