04 Nights / 05 Days Tour
SAHABA & PROPHET JOSHUA TOMBS

5 Days Istanbul Islamic Sahaba Tour Programme:

Welcome to Istanbul – cradle of the civilizatons! Meet at the airport Transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul. ( Optional Turkish Bath Tour or Whirling Dervish Ceremony in Istanbul) Overnight in Istanbul.

* Visited Sights: Eyup El Ensari Tomb – Yeralti Mosque ( Underground Mosque ) –  Hz. Vehb Bin Huseyre Tomb – Amr Bin As Tomb – Sufyan Bin Uyeyne Tomb –  Hz. Hafir Tomb – Hz. Abdullah El-Hudri Tomb – Hz. Abdulsiddik Bin Amir Tomb –  Hz. Ebu Seybetul Huri Tomb – Hz. Muhammed-Ul Ensari Tomb –  Hz. Ahmad El Ensari Tomb -Hz. Kaap – Hz. Hamidullah El Ensari Tomb – Hz. Muhammed El Ensari Tomb –  Ebu Derdag Sahabei Ikr. Tomb
Breakfast at hotel. Your tour will start at 09:00 am from your hotel in Istanbul. You will have tour to tombs of Sahabas. Tombs of Sahaba tour is not only for Muslims, also for all other religious people of the world. Thats going to be very inspired day for you. We will start with visiting Eyup Mosque & Cemetery first. At there, you will have chance for Visiting Eyup El Ensari Tomb ( RA ), Visiting Yeralti Mosque ( Underground Mosque ), Visiting Hz. Vehb Bin Huseyre Tomb, Visiting Amr Bin As Tomb and Visiting Sufyan Bin Uyeyne Tomb. After we will take a lunch and continue with Edirnekapi & City Walls Area. At there you will have chance for Visiting Hz. Hafir Tomb, Visiting Hz. Abdullah El-Hudri Tomb, Visiting Hz. Abdulsiddik Bin Amir Tomb, Visiting Hz. Ebu Seybetul Huri Tomb, Visiting Hz. Muhammed-Ul Ensari Tomb, Visiting Hz. Ahmad El Ensari Tomb, Visiting Hz. Kaap ( RA ) Tomb, Visiting Hz. Hamidullah El Ensari Tomb, Visiting Hz. Muhammed El Ensari Tomb, Visiting Cabir ( RA ) Tomb, Visiting Edhem ( RA ) Tomb, Visiting Ebu Derdag Sahabei Ikr. Tomb. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight at hotel in Istanbul.

* Visited Sights: Yeni Cami Mosque –  Rustempasha Mosque – Suleymaniye Mosque – Mihribah Sultan Mosque  – Merkezefendi Mosque  -Eyup Mosque, Sehzadebasi Mosque -Fatih Mosque – Kilic Ali Pasa Mosque – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque  
As the capital of the Ottoman Empire since the 15th century and currently the one of the biggest metropolis in Europe, Istanbul is home to over 17 million people. 95% of the population is Muslim and the city has an astonishing number of nearly 3000 (!) mosques. To out things in perspective, this means there are more mosques in Istanbul than Starbucks in New York City or churches in Rome.  After breakfast, we will start with Yeni Cami Mosque, the continue with Rustempasha Mosque, Suleymaniye Mosque, Mihribah Sultan Mosque , Merkezefendi Mosque, After visiting Merkezefendi Mosque and shrines we go to eat Lunch in typical Turkish Restaurant. Eyup Mosque, Sehzadebasi Mosque, Fatih Mosque, Kilic Ali Pasa Mosque, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque

* Visited Sights: Yahya Efendi Tomb –  Joshua’s Hill – Tomb of Joshua –  Pir Seyyid Hasan Husameddin UŞŞAKI Tomb and monestry – Topkapi Palace Museum
Our visiting starts at 10 : 00 am and we pick you up from your hotel. First of all we go to visit Yahya Efendi or Molla Shaykhzadeh (b. 1494, Trabzon – d. 1570, Istanbul), Ottoman Islamic scholar, sufi, and poet buried in Beshiktash, Istanbul. He was a well known scholar, having served as a teacher of religious sciences during the reign of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. Yahya Efendi had close ties with the palace, and was consulted by the Sultan throughout his life.  Then we will continue with Joshua’s Hill (Turkish: Yuşa Tepesi), a hill located on the Asian shore of Bosphorus in Beykoz district of Istanbul, Turkey is a shrine containing a mosque and a tomb dedicated to Joshua (Turkish: Hazreti Yuşa).  At the summit of the hill is a terrace with benches for the comfort of pilgrims visiting the mosque and the tomb of Saint Joshua. After we will see the Tomb of Joshua, At the top of the hill, a giant symbolic grave stands, known to the Europeans as the “Giant’s Grave”. It is believed by some Muslims to be the tomb of Prophet Joshua. Alternative traditional sites for the Prophet’s tomb are situated in Israel, Jordan (An-Nabi Yusha’ bin Noon, a Sunni shrine near the city of Al-Salt ) and Iraq (the Nabi Yusha’ shrine of Baghdad. Then drive back to Europe side and we will visit Pir Seyyid Hasan Husameddin UŞŞAKI Tomb and monestry in Kasimpasa. After tour finish around 14:00 Pm we will drop you Topkapi Palace Museum . You can visit the palace by yourself but we will arrange your tickets. Overnight in Istanbul.

After breakfast transfer to the airport. Hope your trip will be a memorable one!

Inclusions:

• All tours mentioned above (including entrance fees, taxes & professional guiding)
• All transfers required to complete the program (in good model luxury vehicles) – PRIVATE
• Entrance Fees
• Lunches
• All  breakfast & Lunches that are mentioned

Not Included:

• 4 Nights  Istanbul Hotel Accommodation
• Drinks, Beverages, personal expenses

Important Notes :

• 00 – 02 child is free
• 02 – 06 child is 50% of per person in DBL
• 06 – 12 child is 70% of per person in DBL
• If you have 2 or more children, please contact us.
• Please ask special rate if you are 6 pax or more!
• Please note that higher prices may apply during peak periods. (Eid period, Easter and New years etc.)