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Art & Design to Istanbul

The wealth of arts, classical sites, mosques and churches, which Istanbul has to offer, make it a superb destination for a school trip or educational experience for students of Art and History. Istanbul is also the business capital of Turkey, handling most of the country's international and wholesale trade thanks to its strategic location at the crossroads between Europe and Asia.


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Price guide

  Air Travel 4 days/3 nights £249.00

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Please ask for a quotation, any duration of stay available.

Flight time from London: 3 hours 50 minutes Accommodation & Meal Basis: All prices are based on Sude Konak Hotel on B&B basis. Price is based on travel in November 2010 and on 20 paying passengers (baggage is not included).

Art & Design visit ideas



Key State 4, Sixth Form, Further and Higher
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Istanbul Modern Arts Museum

The museum, located in a converted warehouse in the Tophane district on the Bosphorus, is the first of its kind in Turkey.



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Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts

Located on the Asian side of Istanbul at Ünalan, it covers a six-storey, 2000 sqm building designed to serve various activities and purposes. The ground and lower two floors have an 1100 sqm potential area for exhibition, where the works in the museum’s permanent collection are displayed in an alternating fashion. On the first floor, continuing its production is Artess, Süleyman Saim Tekcan Studio. Ali Teoman Germaner’s Sculpture Studio is located on the second floor. The top floor is a multi-purpose area intended for art events and activities.



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Mosaic Museum

Located on the Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, just opposite to the Hagia Sophia, the museum houses mosaics from the Byzantine period, unearthed at the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople.



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Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art

Istanbul's Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, on the Hippodrome across from the Blue Mosque, is a treasure-house of beautiful objects from the Ottoman (14th to 20th centuries), Seljuk (11th to 13th centuries), and earlier periods beginning in the 8th century.



General visit ideas


Grand Bazaar

One of the largest covered markets in the world with more than 58 streets and 4000 shops, and has 250,000 to 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewellery, pottery, spice and carpet shops.


The Princes' Isles

This group of islands in the sea of Marmara are very popular for a day trip destination.


Theodosion Walls

The Walls of Constantinople are a series of stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city since its founding as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. With numerous additions and modifications during their history, they are one of the greatest and most complex fortification systems ever built.


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