Leaving Istanbul is the end of a two month stay in Turkey and I have enjoyed the country and its people immensely. Istanbul is one of the great cities of the world and is extraordinary…a city with breathtaking views of the Bosporus and a hodgepodge of neighborhoods some of which date to the Byzantine era. This post is more of a photo essay showing the diversity of the city as I walked the streets and visited the sights. museums, palaces, parks, gardens, mosque’s and of course the streets filled with the citizens of Istanbul… I hope you like it.
The Istanbul Archeology Museum
Walking Gulhane Parki…once part of Topkapi Palace.
Aya Sofya
Hagia Eirene built by Justinian in 540 AD
Ottoman Architecture at Semsi Pasa Camil
Topkapi Palace Interior
Streets of Istanbul
Streets of Istanbul
Dolmabahce Palace from the Bosphorus
I think it is impossible to not be overwhelmed with the sites, the texture of the city and its beauty. For those wanting to make a first step into Asia there is no better place than Istanbul, Turkey.
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