Topkapi Palace Istanbul

... see and do here, from touring the incredible Blue Mosque (named for the blue tiles in its interior), Aya Sofya church and Topkapi Palace to wandering through the Grand Bazaar where you can buy silver and gold jewellry, scarves, leather, carpets and even ...

... tickets to Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia but aren't quite sure given the challenging language barrier.  Next, we head to Topkapi Palace which is breathtaking.  Among other war-won treasures we see Moses' rod and Muhammed's footprint... yeah, ...

... walk back and forth in the heat. In the afternoon after getting my backpack zipper fixed (see earlier blog) I walked throught the Topkapi Palace gates and got lost in the shade and trees of the gardens for a while before heading into the impressive ...

... as soon as we walked out of the hotel and were late to get to George. But she was cool so we headed off to Topkapi Palace. Ripoff tourist place that it is. Seven years ago you could walk into the palace and look around the courtyard then pay to get ...

... and then we crained our necks to take in the beauty that was above us amidst people praying. After this we walked up to Topkapi Palace but were too tight to pay the entrance fee, the gardens were nice though. On the way back fatal mistake number 1. ...

... than evil eye pendants), ate sumptuously at the Kumkapi fish district (thank you Bill and Mickey!), and spent 5 brilliant hours at Topkapi Palace, which has an insanely expensive entrance fee ($20 to see all three parts), but is amazing, especially the ...

... the Empire. It didn't mention which empire, but I'm guessing Byzantine. At any rate, I thought it was an interesting concept. Topkapi Palace was a nice place to spend the day. It is very gardenlike and a nice change from the bustle and dirt of the ...

... with playing cats and kittens; and a collection from the Artemesion from Ephesus, which I would see later. In the Topkapi Palace, the treasures were the symbolic patterns found on tile and in woodwork and Mother of Pearl--the hexagons, the animals, ...

... , cukes, a boiled egg, and unlimited tea. The views of the city were awesome, too. I spent the midday exploring Topkapi Palace, which is a huge (and expensive) museum where the Ottoman sultans once lived. The high points were the beautiful Islamic ...

... . It was Monday, with all museums closed, a perfect sunny day for strolling around. The huge park beneath the former Sultan's Topkapi palace was something I somehow skipped on my two earlier visits to Istanbul, and I was surprised by the sight of herons ...

... my parents back to Istanbul to see my parents off. Well, we saw a few more sights first, like the Spice Bazaar and Topkapi Palace. More importantly my Uncle Bill and Aunt Mickey treated the four of us to what ended up being two fabulous dinners back at ...

... The first thing that we did was we went to the Topkapi Palace. I found out meaning of "gilded cage." It originated from Topkapi Palace. They used to put princes is rooms that were really nice but had gold bars on the windows. The prince was confined ...

... 360 degree view, or cruising across the Marmara Sea from the Princes' Isles, as the sun sets behind the Aya Sofia and Topkapi Palace. I still have another two weeks to explore Turkey, but it's going to be hard to find somewhere I love more than Istanbul.

... 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 Sultan's palace and now a museum. Very interesting, but my favourite place was the thiird coutryard ...

... old part of town where all the major historical monuments are, including the Blue Mosque, Aya Sofya, Basilica Cistern, and the Topkapi Palace: Blue Mosque - This very grand-looking mosque was built in the early 1600s and is still used today as a mosque ...

... Chimneys, Club Caravanserai - the Turkish dance nite was great and the rooms were nice, getting a new leather coat, bartering, the Topkapi Palace, Agasofia, Blue Mosque, Ali (the local boy at Kose) was a highlight cuz it was fun to play with another kid ...

... 'He's lost it - gone and forgotten the most important attraction of the lot...', because I haven't made one mention of Topkapi Palace, well, today is the day. Palaces, castles and cruising the Bosphorus are on the menu and I think most will find them ...

... the Haya Sofia, two of the world's greatest religious buildings. Just past the Haya Sofia is the sprawling decadence of Topkapi Palace and running alongside the Blue Mosque is the Hippodrome, complete with 5000 year old Egyptian obelisk. There can't be ...

... it !!! Oh well, they're my balls that Lucy is going to kick !!!   Wednesday   After breakfast, we hit the Topkapi palace early. The Harem didn't open till ten, so we took in as many of the museums that was possible. There weren't many ...

... a third the storied Bosphorous and the Sea of Marmara. If I had a one-wood I could hit a golf ball at the Topkapi Palace, the biggest, best preserved palace I've ever had the privilege of exploring. The emeralds, rubies and diamonds in treasures such as ...