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Streetcars913 viewsPublic transportation in Istanbul seemed to be modern and adequate (subway, buses, streetcars), although we didn't get a chance to try it because we rode in our ccomfortable chartered tour bus.
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Labyrinth807 viewsWe had to thread our way through a maze of narrow streets to get to our luncheon spot.
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Balloon791 viewsThat's one way to get a nice bird's-eye view of Istanbul.
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Baker's Dozens759 viewsWhile we were waiting to board our boat for the Bosphorus cruise, I shot this picture of a bread vendor wearing his wares like a hat.
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Sultanahmet Köftecisi756 viewsAfter visiting Topkapi Palace, We ate lunch in this restaurant on Divan Yolu Avenue, near the Firuz Ağa mosque.
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Ultra-modern Mansions750 viewsNo throwing stones here.
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Tall and Slender742 viewsIf you can't build out, build up.
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Local Color741 viewsThis yali took the prize for having the most flamboyant color.
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Tower Yali741 viewsHouse with its own mini-minaret - or could it be a neighborhood mosque?
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Anadolu Hisarı740 viewsFortress built in 1393-94 on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, in preparation for the first, unsuccessful, siege of Constantinople by Sultan Bayezid I. Over a half-century later, Mehmed II the Conqueror used it, in tandem with the newly-built Rumeli Hisarı on the European side, to close the Bosphorus for his successful siege of 1453.
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Really Skinny Yali737 viewsThe price of real estate here means that you have to make the most of every square inch. It's the same principle that led to building skyscrapers in New York.
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Dolmabahçe Palace - close-up view732 viewsSelamlık (public section)
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