The cruise terminal at Istanbul with all the tour buses and taxis awaiting their business to arrive.
Probably the best port of call on the cruise. Not wanting to pay the excessive cruise company tour prices we opted to walk off and use a taxi from the rank at the cruise terminal.
We negotiated a fee of €100 for a 4 hour tour for all 3 of us.
The main places we wanted to visit being the Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque, the Haghia Sofia museum and the Basilica Cistern. Not only did we get to see all but our driver, Kemal took us to several places for some panoramic photo opportunities. He even lent us some Turkish Lira so we could get into some of the monuments as not all take the €.
Basilica Cistern
the Blue Mosque
Asia meets Europe, view of the The Bosphorus Bridge viewed from the Asian side.
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