Climb up the stairs of the Galata Tower to experience the magnificent 360 views of Istanbul.
It is the Bosphorus that separates Europe and Asia, transports Russian oil to Western Europe and the US, provides fish for the hungry, and calm in an increasingly congested metropolis.
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A residential neighborhood in western Istanbul, best known as home to the Kariye Müzesi, a Byzantine church full of well-preserved mosaics and frescoes.
A vibrant, eclectic neighborhood across the Golden Horn from Old Istanbul.
Though not as famous as the Blue Mosque or Aya Sofya, the Süleymaniye Mosque surpasses them in beauty.
Istanbul is full of mosques.
Cyrus' Turkey Travel Notes: 1) Take a ferry ride across the Bosphorus.
Streets of Istanbul is full of interesting people and faces.
The Galata Mevlevihanesi is the first lodge of Whirling dervishes in Istanbul, was built in 1491 by Iskender Pasha, the Governor General and Imperial Guard Chief of Sultan Bayezit II.