Turkey Day one

After landing late at night the night before, our next day started early and was packed full of the delights of Istanbul. The first stop we made was to the famous Blue Mosque. The Blue Mosque is the only mosque built with six minarets. It is known as the Blue Mosque because of the glazed tiles decorating its interior.

Blue Mosque



Topkapi Palace

Mehmet II constructed Topkapi Palace atop the Byzantine acropolis 1500AD. The palace was the residency of the Sultan, his harem and all his wives. Through the gates led to a nice park where you went to go to the museum. There were quite a few dogs and cats around the park, there were some puppies playing in the park it was very cute!!!



Inside the museum - the minbar

Inside Aya Sofya museum

Picture from inside the Aya Sofya.

Next stop was the underground cistern, it was very eery down there!!

Underground cistern

Underground cistern

Underground cistern

The weeping column - this is the only column in the cistern that has water running down it



Looking into one of the entrances to the Grand bazaar. Inside the bazaar are hundreds of shops selling carpets, ceramics, jewellery and a lot more!

This concluded our day and we were tired from absorbing all the information and navigating our way around the extremely busy streets of Istanbul.