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A Short Break in Istanbul

UDudria ·12 photographs ·20 Sep 2008 – 25 Sep 2008 ·6 days
Where
Istanbul · Istanbul
When
20 Sep 2008 – 25 Sep 2008
6 days · trip of 2008
Who
Andrea Bocchi · @udria · Genova
How
Travel diary
The story

A short holiday to visit an ancient city. Everything splendid: the places, the people, the museums, the mosques, but above all the excellent kebab, not the kind we know in Genoa. The expense was very reasonable; booking the trip over the internet, it's within everyone's reach. The hotel, very central, near the mosques' shopping street, clean and with truly friendly staff. Don't miss a boat trip on the Bosphorus and seeing the Asian side. This was the last of our trips; next June we'll meet in Mauritius.

The journey's photographs

12 photographs · click to open them full screen

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Hagia Sophia interior: arcaded galleries, calligraphy medallions, visitors belowTourists stroll in the garden in front of Istanbul's Blue MosqueInside the Blue Mosque, hanging lamps, red carpet and seated visitorsFramed Arabic calligraphy panel on marble wall, visitors photographed beside itWoman with red bag in front of the German Fountain, IstanbulMan with backpack and glasses eats a sandwich beside the kebab spitTram on Sithane Tepe in Istanbul, pedestrians walking past red buildingTourists in front of the Gate of Salutation at Topkapi Palace, IstanbulFerry docked at Eminönü, Süleymaniye Mosque skyline, sunlight glinting on the waterSuspension bridge over the Bosphorus with a mosque by the water, seen from the boatWoman sitting on a wooden bench along the Black Sea waterfrontLow sun over the Golden Horn, golden reflections on the water, shoreline houses

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