Berce Hotel Istanbul
Kucukayasofya mahallesi. Mustafapasa Sokak Istanbul, Turkey
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Our second day in Istanbul.
... Hagia Sophia was converted to a mosque (Ayasofya Camii), which it remained until the fall of the Ottoman empire in the early twentieth century. During this period, minarets were built around the perimeter of the building complex, Christian mosaic icons were covered with whitewash, and exterior buttresses were added for structural support. In 1934, the Turkish government secularized the building, converting it into a museum, and the original mosaics ...
HADİ BİSMİLLAH
GUN 1 CUMARTESİ
Çok erken uyandım.Erken yatınca saat 03:30 da ayaktaydım.Ayşe rutin seyahat öncesi sendromu yaşayarak bermutad hiç uyumamış...
Saat 06:00 ya kadar oyalandım.Son kalan eşyaları Şahbaz'a (arabaya) taşıdım.Ve teker 06:30 da döndü…
Pis bir yağmur var Istanbul' da.... Mazhar'ın dediği gibi..
Istanbuldan ...
Istanbul: Mosques, Medusa and the Mysterious Cats
... NOT a working religious structure, at least not anymore. But it has a long and bifurcated religious history which I think adds to the "non denominational" feel it has now. It is certainly different from the religious structures I knew as a girl.
To fully appreciate the Hagia Sophia, you have to know some of its history. It was built in 360 A.D., as a basilica, but it was burned down in 404. This came as a result of riots ...
Die Vögel kommen
... in kleinere Gruppen gespalten werden. Es war faszienierend, bis sie so tief kamen, dass wir rundherum nur noch das Klatschen der Vogelkacke auf dem Boden gehört haben. Dann sind wir schnell weiter, haben bei Julia zusammen mit ihren deutschen Vorgänger-Mitbewohnern noch was gegessen und dann habe ich noch eine halbe Stunde Fußmarsch zurück am Wasser gemacht. Morgen geht's das erste Mal zu meiner Uni - bin schon aufgeregt!!!
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Yes Please
... the group’s favorite site. It makes for a calm, dark and secretive ambience. Make sure to check out the two Medusa heads at the end. Fun fact: they had dinner here on the bachelorette this season. Beware sudden bursts of claustrophobia when large tour busses empty into this area. Also, we found that candle light settings worked well for pictures.
We then headed to the Four Seasons Hotel for drinks. We made it up to the roof top ...
This boutique hotel was formerly known as: Berce Hotel Istanbul


