Alps and Turkey 2006

A story about our adventures in Monte Rosa massif (Italy) and Erciyes, Demirkazık and Kapadokya (Turkey)

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Day 15: Istanbul /26.08.2006/

We arive in Istanbul early in the morning. We take the subway and decided to take a walk and visit the most attractive touristic places in the city - Sultan Ahmet Camii (The Blue Mosque), museum Ayasofia (St. Sofia) and sultan's palace Topkapi Sarayi. Afterwards we take a 2h ship trip in the Bosphorus.


The Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque
Obelisk beside the Blue Mosque
Obelisk beside the Blue Mosque
The dome of the Blue Mosque
The dome of the Blue Mosque
In front of the Blue Mosque
In front of the Blue Mosque
St. Sofia church
St. Sofia church
The Meka direction
The Meka direction
The sultan's spot
The sultan's spot
Sultan's library
Sultan's library
Huge marbel jar
Huge marbel jar
Dome
Dome
Christian frescos in St. Sofia church
Christian frescos in St. Sofia church
Topkapi palace entrance
Topkapi palace entrance
Swords in the armoury
Swords in the armoury
Place for a rest
Place for a rest
In front of Bosphorus
In front of Bosphorus
Spherical fountain
Spherical fountain
One of the many Kemal Atatürk monuments
One of the many Kemal Atatürk monuments
Istanbul from Bosphorus
Istanbul from Bosphorus
Wedding ship
Wedding ship
Bridge over Bosphorus
Bridge over Bosphorus
Someone is bored...
Someone is bored...
Bridge over Bosphorus
Bridge over Bosphorus
Our ship
Our ship