Sultanahmet District Istanbul

Sultanahmet, Istanbul , Turkey

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    Chapter One - To the mysterious east

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    Friday. 30th.

    Finally off to Istanbul, mysterious metropolis of the East. Naturally we have booked Turkish Airlines rather than Iberia. We want to taste Turkey as soon as we get aboard.

    Let's digress here in respect to the name of this exotic country. Does it have anything to do with the Christmas turkey? Of course not. The …

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    Chapter Two - Up with the dawn

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    Saturday 1st. October

    "It's 6:30 in the bloody morning" I moan. “I set the alarm for 8.”

    I guess we are still transiting from Miami time.

    “Let’s go for a walk” suggests Miryam.

    We get dressed and stroll out of the hotel. The sun is up and the sky is blue. No sign of …

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    Travels in Turkey (a.k.a the chicken place)

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    ... a very relaxing and uplifting sound, the call is basically sung in Arabic so it sounds beautiful. One the first day I wandered around Sultanahmet district which is the old part of the city on the European side. I went to Topkapi Palace which was the ...

  • 2

    The Tour of Turkey begins...

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    ... kind of flight delay.  With all going without a hitch, I got here and was able to wander around the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul which has some of the older and/or more magnificent mosques and a former Christian cathedral that is now a museum. ...

  • 3

    An Englishman and an Irishman walk in to a bar...

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    ... and gave brief respite from the chill.   What turned out to be my final tourist activity in Istanbul took me to Topkapi Palace back near the Sultanahmet district. As I walked down the hill to its gated entrance, I was invited for a cup of tea by ...

  • 4

    And so begins a new adventure...

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    ... go wrong when I fly from Heathrow, but, having had a shockingly straight forward passage in to Istanbul, I made my way by shuttle bus to the Sultanahmet district of the city where a plethora of cheap hostels awaited my arrival. I chose one, offloaded my ...

  • 5

    From Izmir To Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

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    ... , isn’t it?!). Also, I love the area in which our hotel is located – the Sultanahmet district is the heart of historic Old Istanbul (what 19th century travelers used to call "Stamboul").  Sultanahmet (named for Sultan Ahmet I, builder of ...

  • 6

    Istanbul

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    ... terminal was in a labyrinth of dark, cement levels out of the centre of Istanbul, so we had to take the tram to the Sultanahmet district where most of the old structures are located. We were met by a man with a pamphlet advertising his hotel that had ...

  • 7

    "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Welcome to Istanbul"

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    ... to him and talking about Turkish way of life.     As we were walking into the main street of Sultanahmet district we walk through some fantastic fruit and vegetable markets.  Seriously the fruit and vegetables here were such good quality, ...

  • 8

    Anyone seen the other half?

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    ... special big hugs to Gerrie and Gerrit who will return to their family in Holland later today.  We took a cab to the Sultanahmet district and checked into a little hotel then went souvenir shopping at the Grand Bazaar.  Man, it's annoying ...

  • 9

    History Class

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    ... we only have a few hours left here. We have to be back on board by 1 p.m. (ship departs at 2). Today we are in the Sultanahmet district, and first up is the Blue Mosque, because it opens at sunrise for first call to prayer, and then is open to the public ...

  • 10

    Istanbul on Shopping Steroids

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    ... issues and plenty of downsides.  Weather continues to be good here, although windy the last few days.  We may get out of the Sultanahmet district and explore the modern areas of the city.  The wonders and adventures of Istanbul ...