Istanbul Taksim, Istiklal, Galata Tower and Dolmabahçe Tour

This morning, your guide will take you on a tour of the opulent Dolmabahce Palace on the banks of the Bosporus. Thereafter, walk to the Tunel in Karakoy and take the funicular which is the second oldest metro in the world after London, to visit Old Galata and Pera neighborhoods, which were inhabited since the Byzantine Empire. During the 19th century Ottoman Empire, the street was known as Grande Rue de Pera and the district became a center for foreigners, Levantines, Ottoman intellectuals, and western culture admirers.