From the Museum of Industry to Fener and Balat

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Pass By: Karakoy Iskelesi, Istanbul Turkey

Appointment with your tour guide in Karaköy in front of the fish market. WE will take a boat to go to Industry Museum

Stop At: Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Haskoy Cad. No: 5 Beyoglu, Haskoy, Istanbul 34445 Turkey

Crossing the Golden Horn by boat to join the Museum of Industry. It is the first museum on the history of industry, transport and communications in Turkey. Among other things, it displays magnificent original machinery for locomotives, airplanes and vintage cars. You can also admire a tug and a submarine.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Balat, Istanbul Turkey

Continuation of the discovery by the neighborhoods of Fener and Balat which undoubtedly remain the two most authentic districts of the city and the best places to get to know the true life of Istanbul Rare cars, drying cloths at the windows and sometimes even across the streets, 18th century stone house, and wooden houses remind us of the Anatolian villages lost in the great metropolis.Fener is where the Orthodox Patriarch is, witnessing the long Greek presence in the neighborhood. Balat a little further upstream of the Golden Horn, follows the district of Fener. It represents the same popular atmosphere, the wooden houses here replacing the stone houses. It is in Balat that the Jews expelled from Spain by the Inquisition settled from 1492. It is also in Balat that we find the oldest authentic restaurants always popular connoisseurs.Return to Karaköy by crossing the Golden Horn by boat.

Duration: 2 hours

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  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Transport during excursions
  • Entry/Admission - Rahmi M. Koc Museum
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  • Food, drinks and personal expenses
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  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
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Cultural
90% Tourism
75% Original
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