İstanbul Seven Hills Bike Tour
Price
Duration
Meeting Point
Include
-Guided Tour
-Bicycle and Helmet Rental
-Water Bottle
Exclude
Everything is included in the price.
About Tour
IMPORTANT INFO FOR BICYCLE TOURS
Tours are conducted with a minimum of 2 participants. For solo tours or groups larger than 2, please inquire about the price separately. You can make tour reservations through the payment channels available on our website or by transferring the fee to Reviva Tourism’s bank account. Cancellations made up to 24 hours before the tour start time are eligible for a full refund. Cancellations made after 24 hours will be refunded at 50%.
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU
- Sunglasses or cycling glasses.
- Comfortable sports shoes.
Istanbul is known as the City on the Seven Hills (Turkish: Yedi tepeli şehir). This denomination is a heritage from Byzantine Constantinople where the city model of Rome were inherited and the Istanbul were also built on seven hills at the Byzantine period as being the East Rome.
The seven hills, all located in the area within the city walls and each hill was surmounted by monumental religious buildings (churches under the Byzantines, imperial mosques under the Ottomans).
Travel Programme
- I – The first hill on which the ancient city of Byzantium was founded, begins from Seraglio Point and extends over the whole area containing Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and Topkapı Palace.
- II – Second hill has Nuruosmaniye Mosque, Grand Bazaar and Column of Constantine.
- III – At the third hill, there are Istanbul University, the Bayezid II Mosque to the south and the Süleymaniye Mosque to the north.
- IV – The fourth hill on which stood the Church of the Holy Apostles and, subsequently, the Fatih Mosque.
- V – On the fifth hill is the Mosque of Yavuz Sultan Selim.
- VI – On the sixth hill is the Edirnekapı and Ayvansaray neighborhoods.
- VII – The seventh hill is the Kocamustafapaşa neighborhood, known in Byzantine times as the Xērolophos (Greek: ξηρόλοφος), or “dry hill,” it extends from Aksaray to the Theodosian Walls and the Marmara. This region is a triangle with apices at Topkapı, Aksaray, and Yedikule.
