At the western end of Istiklal Cadessi is the superb Galata Tower, which is expensive to go up, but offers wonderful views across this city of 13.5 million people. The tower is the latest in a stream of buildings on the site going back back to 528AD. The first structure was a lighthouse, followed by fortifications and prison. Now it's a tourist mecca. The following pictures show the tower and its views.
This is the inlet called the Golden Horn.
Here we look up the Bosphorus between Europe on the left and Asia on the far shore. The pylons of the Bosphorus Bridge are seen in the distance.
Here's Max receiving a photography lesson from Bec after we replaced the batteries.
Now we look over the Golden Horn to the Topkapi Palace on the other side ...
... and to the Hagia Sophia west of it ...
... and the Galata Bridge.
One picture I tried to take unsuccessfully was Max working as a shoe shine boy. A guy taught him how to do it, but I don't know if Max had any customers! After the tower, we descended a steep little street to the Galata Bridge. The previous pictures shows an ordinary bridge, but it turned out to be two-tiered, with shops and cafes on the lower deck.
Both levels of the bridge were used for fishing - but I only saw small fish being caught.
At the western end were several floating vessels serving as floating Indian restaurants.
And these, it seems, were the cause of a severe case of garbage pollution on the Golden Horn!
Here are the restaurants on the under-deck of the Galata Bridge.
AS
This is the inlet called the Golden Horn.
Here we look up the Bosphorus between Europe on the left and Asia on the far shore. The pylons of the Bosphorus Bridge are seen in the distance.
Here's Max receiving a photography lesson from Bec after we replaced the batteries.
Now we look over the Golden Horn to the Topkapi Palace on the other side ...
... and to the Hagia Sophia west of it ...
... and the Galata Bridge.
One picture I tried to take unsuccessfully was Max working as a shoe shine boy. A guy taught him how to do it, but I don't know if Max had any customers! After the tower, we descended a steep little street to the Galata Bridge. The previous pictures shows an ordinary bridge, but it turned out to be two-tiered, with shops and cafes on the lower deck.
Both levels of the bridge were used for fishing - but I only saw small fish being caught.
At the western end were several floating vessels serving as floating Indian restaurants.
And these, it seems, were the cause of a severe case of garbage pollution on the Golden Horn!
Here are the restaurants on the under-deck of the Galata Bridge.
AS
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