Istanbul

• How to reach Istanbul?
• First shots in the city
• 3 unmissable places in Istanbul
• The journey continues…
• Extras (not to be missed!)

In this article I’ll tell you about Istanbul during the cruise that allowed me to discover Greece and Turkey.
What is it about? Read on and you’ll find out…

To start getting an idea of the places and views that I was able to admire, I invite you to watch the video below containing the most significant images of this experience.

How to reach Istanbul?

The same day in which I returned to Venice from the Czech Republic in the morning, in the evening I took the flight to reach the island of Crete. I was in Plzeň (find out the article here) to see “Viktoria Plzeň-Inter match: full result in the Czech away match!” (find out the article here) and before reaching the airport I also took a trip to the center of Prague by night (find out the article here) to get some souvenir shots of the Czech capital at night. So, I reached Heraklion (Heraklion) from Venice but it’s as if I reached it from Prague 😛
There I boarded Costa Venezia in Heraklion (find out the article here) to start the cruise in which this destination was also included in the itinerary.

First shots in the city

After the excursion of the previous evening with the navigation of the Bosphorus at night (find out the article here), the following day I participated in the visit of the city.
Here, a shot from the bus shortly after the excursion started: despite the moving vehicle, did you see how well the photo on the Galata Bridge (Galata Köprüsü) turned out? 🙂

3 unmissable places in Istanbul

The excursion included a visit to 3 symbols of the city of Istanbul: the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii), the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Camii) and the Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi).

The journey continues…

The next stop on the trip was “Costa Venezia in İzmir” (find the article here)

If you want to know all the stages of “COSTA VENEZIA THROUGH GREECE AND TURKEY: a journey to discover local culture, history and traditions”, find out the article here.

Extras (not to be missed!) in addition to Istanbul

After this brief overview of the stop in “Istanbul”, aren’t you curious to go beyond simple images to better understand the travel experience lived before this stage? No problem, here is a preview of the places mentioned above.

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