Tagged With "Topkapi"

Spectacular!

I remember that restaurant fondly. A woman on her own was seated with us and we became instant friends, still in touch after 12 years.

One of the classics for visitors to Istanbul—and for quite a few Istanbulis as well—is a cruise up the Bosphorus, the 19-mile strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, and ultimately the Mediterranean.

A visit to fabled Topkapi, imperial and administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years

Our visit to Topkapi continued after our lunch on a terrace overlooking the Sea of Marmara and more of the palace grounds. We had, in fact, reached the point of beginning to return to the beginning...partly because we had reached the innermost part, and partly because the weather was becoming increasingly grim.