Cheap round trip flights to Istanbul, the city on two continents, from £54 pp
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Spread by empires over the centuries, which takes place in both Europe and Asia, Istanbul is one of the great metropolises of the world.Established around 1000 BC, the Byzantine Colony grew in the great capital of the Byzantine Empire and after the Ottoman conquest of the city retained its glorious place as the heart of the empire.

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Tourist Attractions

Hippodrome

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The old Hippodrome started Septimius Severus in 203 AD.and was completed by Constantin the Great in 330 AD.This was the center of Byzantine public life and the scene of splendid games and car races, but also facial conflicts.Today, it is not a large part of the racecourse left to see, except for a small section of the walls on the southern side, but at Meydanı (Park), which is now on this land, hosts a variety of monuments.In the northwest part is the fountain, presented to the Ottoman Sultan by the German emperor William II in 1898. Then, in the southwest direction there are three old monuments: a height of 20 meters Egyptian Obelisc (from Heliopolis);The spine of the column brought here from Delphi by Constantin;and the stone obelisk that was originally dressed in gold covered bronze plates until they were stolen by the IV Crosade soldiers.