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Istanbul - Basilica Cistern
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Turkey - Istanbul, Kadıköy
Kadıköy is a district on the Asian side of Istanbul. We took a ferry to get there, but there is also a tunnel that comes to that area. The main feature of the district is the market:
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Istanbul - Bosphorus
There are two ways to get on the water here: one can take a ferry ($0.75 each way) across Bosphorus or take a tour boat that goes for a hour or so along the strait and listen to the tour guide along the way. We did both, the ferry more than once as it is much easier to get to the other side this way rather than taking the bridge which is rather far ( Read more... ) -
Istanbul, day 3 - Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia Museum - skip it!! Zero stars out of ten from me. The museum is made up of two floors, one consists ONLY of video recordings talking about history of the building in the style of bad school video aids. You literally go from room to room, watch videos projected in the walls and listen to the commentary through the provided headphones. I ( Read more... ) -
Istanbul - night life
Woke up and went for a walk at about 10:30 pm - most stores and restaurants were still open till midnight, maybe later too.
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Istanbul, day 1
Western half of Istanbul is split in two parts, North and South, by an inlet called Golden Horn and Galata Bridge is one of the bridges across it. The name comes from the Galata district/tower on the North end of the bridge. Sinc that's where we are staying, it is the closest to us ( Read more... )
