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5 Mayıs 2011 Perşembe

İSTANBUL BOĞAZI - BOSPHORUS





                         A STAY IN ISTANBUL IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THE TRADITIONAL AND UNFORGETTABLE EXCURSION BY BOAT ALONG THE ISTANBUL BOĞAZI , THE WINDING STRAITS SEPERATING EUROPE AND ASIA . ALONG ITS SHORES IS A DELIGHTFULLY SURPRISING MIXTURE OF PAST AND PRESENT , GRAND SPLENDOUR AND SIMPLE BEAUTY . THE SHORE IS LINED WITH MODERN HOTELS , " YALI " ( OLD WOODEN VILLAS ) , PALACES OF MARBLE ,FORTRESSES , AND SMALL FISHING VILLAGES. THE BEST WAY OF SEEING THE ISTANBUL BOĞAZI IS TO BOARD ONE OF THE PASSENGER BOATS THAT REGULARLY ZIGZAG ALONG THE SHORES STARTING FROM EMİNÖNÜ AND STOPPING ALTERNATELY ON THE ASIAN AND EUROPEAN SIDES. THE ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TAKES ABOUT SIX HOURS AND THE FARE IS REASONABLE .

                         DURING THE EXCURSION YOU WILL PASS THE MAGNIFICENT PALACE OF DOLMABAHÇE ,AND FARTHER ALONG ARE THE PARKS ARE IMPERIAL PAVILIONS OF YILDIZ PALACE . HERE , IN THE BEAUTIFUL PARK , ARE THE MALTA AND ÇADIR PAVILIONS , NOW CAFES . ON THE EDGE OF THIS PARK ON THE COATS , IS ÇIRAĞAN PALACE , NOW RESTORED AS A GRAND HOTEL . AT ORTAKÖY A GREAT VARIETY OF ARTISTS GATHER EVERY SUNDAY TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK ALONG THE STREET . THIS IS A FAVORITE PALACE FOR MEETING TO EAT SOMETHING DELICIOUS FROM THE MANY STREET VENDORS WHILE STROLLING AMONG THE ARTISTS . ELEGANTLY SPANNING THE      
WATER AND LINKING EUROPE AND ASIA FOR THE FIRS TIME IS A BRIDGE , ONE OF THE LONGEST IN THE WORLD . IMMEDIATATELY AFTER THIS BRIDGE , ON THE ASIA SIDE , IS THE BEAUTIFUL BEYLERBEYİ PALACE . BEHIND THE PALACE RISES ÇAMLICA HILL , THE HIGHEST POINT OF ISTANBUL .ON ANOTHER DAY YOU CAN REST ADMIRE THE MAGNIFICENT  PANORAMA OF ISTANBUL FROM THE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS ,LANDSCAPED IN TRADITIONAL STYLE , AT THE TOP OF THE ÇAMLICA HILL . JUST ACROSS , ON THE EUROPEAN SIDE , THE CONTRASTING ELEMENTS OF OLD AND NEW CAN BE SEEN IN THE OTTOMAN WOODEN VILLAS OF ARNAVUTKÖY AND THE LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS OF BEBEK . THEN , FACING EACH OTHER ACROSS THE STRAITS ARE THE FORTRESSES OF RUMELİ HİSARI AND ANADOLU HİSARI . JUST BEFORE ANADOLU HİSARI İS THE GÖKSU PALACE , SOMETIMES KNOWN AS KÜÇÜKSU PALACE . IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TWIN FORTRESSES IS THE FATIH SULTAN MEHMET BRIDGE , THE RECENTLY COMPLETED SECOND LINK BETWEEN THE TWO CONTINENTS .FROM DUA TEPE HILL ,ON THE EUROPEAN SIDE , ONE FINDS MAGNIFICENTS PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE BRIDGE AND THE ISTANBUL BOĞAZI . BELOW DUATEPE IS THE BEAUTIFUL    EMİRGAN PARK WITH ITS DELIGHTFUL PAVILLONS .THIS PARK IS FAMOUS FOR ITS TULIPS AND THE ANNUAL TULIP FESTIVAL HELD EVERY APRIL . IN THIS PARK ARE THREE CAFE PAVILLIONS : SARI , PEMPE AND BEYAZ . THE BEYAZ PAVILLION IS ALSO USED AS CONCERT HALL . ON THE ASIAN SHORE , OPPOSITE , IS KANLICA , WITH ITS ELEGANTS VILLAS , ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS DELICIOUS YOĞURT . SHORTLY , AFTER KANLICA , AT ÇUBUKLU , İS THE HİDİV PALACE SET IN DELIGHTFUL WOODED GARDENS . IT IS NOW A HOTEL WHERE CONCERTS AND CONFERENCES ARE HELD . PAST HİDİV PALACE IS THE BEYKOZ ( ABRAHAM PAŞA ) KORUSU WOODS , A POPULAR RESTING PLACE WITH CAFES AND RESTAURANTS WHERE DELIGHTFUL VİEWS AND CLEAR FRESH AIR CAN BE ANJOYED . FARTHER ALONG ON THE EUROPEAN SIDE IS THE BEAUTIFUL OF TARABYA WITH YACHTS AT ANCHOR AND MANY SEA FRONT TAVERNS WHICH CONTINUE ON THE CHARMING VILLAGES OF BÜYÜKDERE AND SARIYER . IT IS POSSIBLE    
TO CONTACT AGENCIES WHICH SPECIALIZE IN THE ORGANIZATION OF " MİNİ-CRUİSES "
BY DAY OR NIGHT OR TRIPS BY CAR ALONG THE SHORE . IN THE MANY FINE RESTAURANTS AND NIGHT CLUBS , THE DELIGHTS OF GOOD FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT CAN BE ENJOYED IN THIS UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL SETTING .

M . Y . T. 

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