Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Saturday, February 3, 2018
BOSPHORUS CRUISE
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Tour boats
line up to take tourists and locals on magical tours of the Bosphorus.
Some take
short tours and turn around near the bridge by Ortakoy.
Some go all
the way to the mouth of the Black Sea.
The tours
are very inexpensive.
Friday, February 2, 2018
SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
To the right (southeast) of the main entrance to Süleymaniye Mosque is the cemetery, home to the octagonal tombs of Süleyman and his wife Haseki Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana).
--Lonely Planet
To the right (southeast) of the main entrance to Süleymaniye Mosque is the cemetery, home to the octagonal tombs of Süleyman and his wife Haseki Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana).
The tile work surrounding the entrances to both is superb and the ivory-inlaid
panels in Süleyman's tomb are lovely.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
The main entrance to the Süleymaniye Mosque is accessed from Professor Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi, formerly known as Tiryaki Çarşışı (Market of the Addicts).
The main entrance to the Süleymaniye Mosque is accessed from Professor Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi, formerly known as Tiryaki Çarşışı (Market of the Addicts).
The
buildings here once housed three medreses and a primary school;
they're now home to the Süleymaniye Library and a raft of popular
streetside fasulye (bean) restaurants that used to be teahouses
selling opium (hence the street's former name).
On the corner of Professor
Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi and Şifahane Sokak is the darüşşifa, also
under restoration.
The still-functioning Süleymaniye
Hamamı is on the eastern side of the mosque.
--Lonely Planet
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