Welcome to Istanbul, the city where past and present blend vividly and history endures in its monuments, museums, palaces, bazaars, street life and on the Bosphorus shores.

Seat of power of three successive world empires (the Eastern Roman Empire, 330-1054,the Byzantine Empire dated from the Great Schism 1054 to 1453, and the Ottoman Empire, 1453 -1923), former Byzantium, later Constantinople, this citadel impresses to this day by its strategic location, at the meeting point of Asia and Europe displaying breathtaking panoramic views of the two continents and sees, the Marmara and the Black Sea.