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Bosphorus Strait A stay in Istanbul is not complete without the traditional and unforgettable boat excursion up the Bosphorus, the winding strait that separates Europe and Asia. Its shores offer a delightful mixture of past and present, grand splendor and simple beauty. The shores of the strait are heavily populated as the city of Istanbul straddles it ...

Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia (Church of Holy Wisdom), now known as the Ayasofya Museum, is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted to a mosque, now converted into a museum, in the Turkish city of Istanbul. It is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest buildings of the world ...

Kadikoy Kadikoy ( known as Chalcedon in antiquity), is a large cosmopolitan district on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey. It has several churches and synagogues (Greek, Armenian, Serbian and some Protestant) but also the oldest Mosque in Istanbul, built before the conquest of Constantinople ...

Kiz Kulesi Kiz Kulesi (also known as Maiden's Tower) is a tower sitting on a small islet located in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. There are many legends about the construction of the tower and its location. According to the most popular legend, a sultan had a much beloved daughter. One day, an oracle prophecised that she would die ...

Monuments of Istanbul The ancient Hippodrome stood in the open space in front of the Blue Mosque, an area now called Sultanahmet. Of the monuments which once decorated it, only three remain: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. The Ahmet III Fountain stands at the entrance to Topkapi Palace ...

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