Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Istanbul Mosques and Minarets

We dedicated our first full day in Istanbul to visiting some of the “must see” mosques, museums and monuments. Because there are so many of these, and we had such a limited amount of time, we had to be quite selective.

In part, this was made easier for us by the opening times of some of the places we wanted to visit. Hagia Sofia is supposed to be closed on Mondays, and we read that the Topkapi Palace was closed on Tuesdays. Since we had just a Monday and a Tuesday, we decided to start from the Blue Mosque and see how far we could get. In fact, we found Hagia Sofia to be open on the Monday, so we visited there next. After that, we included the unscheduled (but very worthwhile) Basilica Cistern.

These three places alone were enough to occupy our time and satisfy our cultural curiosity on our first day.



The Gilded Interior of the German Fountain
The Gilded Interior of the German Fountain

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