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Day 5 : Topkapi et Istanbul by night
Départ à 09:00 en tramway (2TL) pour le Palais de Topkapi et le Musée Archéologique d'Istanbul à la station Gülhane.
Nous commençons par le Musée Archéologique d'Istanbul (10TL). Je suis relativement déçue je m'attendais à un musée retraçant l'histoire d'Istanbul en passant par Constantinople et Byzance avec une évolution visible. Malhreureusement le musée n'est pas organisé comme je le pensais... Mais dans ...
Turkey is a wonderland full of surprises
... Jumeher) provided us with a orientation tour around our hotel. The rest of the evening was on our own to unpack and have dinner.
SEP 21: We visited the standard tour sites of Aya Sophia (largest church in the world), the Hippodrome (circus and social center of Byzantine Constantinople), Topkapi Palace (primary residence of the Ottoman Saltans), Egyptian ...
Back to our View of the Beautiful Sea of Marmara
... top section. The sun was very warm but the breeze was cool. It seems there is always a breeze in Istanbul especially when you are close to the Marmara Sea.
The tour took about 2 hours and covered both the old city south of the Golden Horn Inlet and the newer city to the north. The cruise ships dock along the European side of ...
Instanbul Turkey
... but it was so interesting hearing about how the concubines lived and how the sultan’s mother was the controlling influence. The sultan’s mother even had her very own wing in the palace. The harem was carefully situated so that it could not be seen from the state apartments or the courtyards where public affairs were conducted. To see the home of the sultan and his primary living quarters gave us an exceptional insight into ...
Onze visa İran aanvaard!
... Collonated Street'. wederom wij de enige toeristen daar en te bedenken dat er normaal gezien busladingen vol rondhangen.
Damascus... Na moed te hebben geschept uit deze uitstappen, wij toch naar Damascus. Een bruisende stad en een fantastisch hostelleke van 600 jaar oud met een mooie binnenkoer met fontijn. Wij ons laten onderdompelen en verdwalen in weelderige en lawaaierige Souks die NOG authentieker leken omdat we werderom een van de enige ...


