Galata Tower Istanbul

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    A big day out sightseeing

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    Over breakfast we consulted our 'bucket list' for Istanbul, and made our plan.

    It was a very hot day so we got going quite early (also to avoid the queues), our first stop the Basilica Cistern.... This huge underground cistern is thought to have been built around 532 AD. After the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Turks, it was forgotten …

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    Deux ogres à Istanbul

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    Désolé pour le manque de mises à jour chers lecteurs. J'ai été absorbé par la beauté d'Istanbul et j'ai eu peu de temps pour écrire.

    Je suis présentement dans un immense autobus m'amenant à ma seconde destination du voyage, Cappadocia, au sud-est d'Istanbul. J'en profite pour écrire un long résumé de mon expérience dans la …

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    Bats (and cats too) in the Belfry at Galata Tower

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    We arrived to our hotel in Istanbul at approximately midnight, where our gracious concierge ushered into our lovely attic room without delay. Though exhausted after 15 hours of traveling, we were excited to discover that our room had an incredible view of the Golden Horn (the harbor around which Ancient Istanbul was built) at night on one side and …

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    I don't know how I feel about heights

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    ... lush as the Palace but it definitely gave you a look into that of a harem of the 1800's  We walk from the Palace to Galata Tower. It was part of the fortifications for the Genoese in 1349. We bought tickets to go to the top. Paul has been hit ...

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    Europe meets Asia - the great divide...

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    ... city - ever fascinating and marvellous. From the water's edge, and most notably from the top of Galata Tower, you can see Istanbul sprawl into both asia and europe; countless imposing mosques lighting up the skyline of the peninsulas separating the ...

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    Planning, planning, planning!

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    I was really stressed out today.  I had to make a reservation for thomorrow's fancy Galata Tower dinner, buy overnight bus tickets for Friday, and attempt to finish my history final paper.  The people I hang out with are not go-getters or big ...

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    All the Key Sights

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    ... Ehran for a full day tour of the important sites, strolling along Istaklal Cadessi near Taksim Square we entered into an old cathedral, Galata Tower, Sultanhemet aka the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia and Topkapi Palace. The day ended in a bit of a hurry with ...

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    Istiklal Caddesi

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    ... days time. We came home, dumped out purchases and then went back out to explore the streets around our apartment and climb the Galata Tower. We found the Camondo stairs and took a few snaps. With some trepidation we went into a rug shop and ...

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    Classy Night at Galata Tower

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    The classy dinner night at Galata Tower included the following: 20.00 - 21.00   : Dinner Service 21.00 - 21.30   : Band begins to play 21.30 - 21.45   : Folk Dances 21.50 - 22.20   : Harem Show 22.20 - 22.35 ...

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    Across the Bosphorus - From Asia to Europe

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    ... to the delicate and whimsical Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet). Every angle of this city is beautiful, be it from the top of the Galata Tower taking in a 360 degree view, or cruising across the Marmara Sea from the Princes' Isles, as the sun sets behind the ...

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    All shopped out

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    ... and wine. What a feast. We were all glad to have a walk home to walk off some of our meal. Even so, the walk up Galata Tower stole our last reserves of energy. We collapsed into our apartment. As we got home the evening Adhan (call to prayer) was just ...

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    Baklava

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    ... get light in, what about Turkey ???   Back through the Grand Bazaar, with a quick pide and baclava stop, we made it over to Galata Tower, climbed it years ago, got the badge, but now there is a lift. So now I have my lift badge as well !!! ...

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    Of taxis and tea

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    ... the feeling he had no idea where to take us, even though the map clearly showed us right next to one of Istanbul's landmarks, the Galata Tower. The man clearly had a mucus problem, and he snorted and snuffled his way out of the airport. The immediate ...