“Exploring Istanbul”

8-day, 7-night tour in TURKEY, Sept. 13-20, 2014. Highlights: In Constantinople, sixth-century Yerebatan Sarayı cistern, Hippodrome, Hagia Sophia/Byzantine mosaics in Chora Church/in Thrace, Anastasian Wall/private Bosphorus cruise /Ottoman fort Rumeli Hisarı/Sadberk Hanım Museum/Topkapı Palace/Blue Mosque/cake and tea at Pera Palace Hotel. Land, £2,185 (near $3,645). Single supp., £325 ($542).

Peter Sommer Travels (Chippenham House, 102 Monnow St., Monmouth NP25 3EQ, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1600 888 220 or, in US/Canada, 855/443-3027).