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Ceiling detail - main hall - Hagia Sophia
Christ Pantocrator, 13th c. Deesis Mosaic, Jan 10
View of the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn
Entrance to the Tiled Kiosk
I need to know how to get from the Sultan Ahmet area to the Bus Station that will take us to the Cappadocia area. Where is it? Should we take a taxi, trams, a train? We are traveling as a group of 7 people.
Hi the main bus statio is called "otogar" it's situated in Esenler.from sultanahmet take the tram direction zeytiburnu, get of there, take the metro coming from Ataturk to esenler-otogar.Easier way is to take the metro at grand bazar -beyazit
second option:
first..get on the tram fm SultanAhmet to Aksaray(T1-Kabatas/Zetinburnu)
(SultanAhmet-Cemberlitas-Beyazit-Laleli-Aksaray-YusufPasa)
and drop off Aksaray or YusufPasa tram station and a short walk to Aksaray Metro Station for M1 Aksaray-Havalimani..
(Aksaray-Emniyet Fatih-Topkapi Ulubatli-Bayrampasa Maltepe-Sagmalcilar-Kartaltepe Kocatepe and Otogar[for Cappadocia])
http://www.istanbul-ulasim.com.tr/en/default.asp?menu_id=1&sayfa_id=4
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Hello!
Take a tram to Zetinburnu, then by metro to get to Otogar.
Have a good trip!
Approx. 10kms from Sultanahmet.
From Sultanahmet - take the tram (Kabatas-Zeytinburnu Tramvay) and get off at Yusufpasa tram station (5th station from Sultanahmet).
Walk up the stairs /pedestrian bridge, turn left, then take the down stairs on your right, walk half a minute and turn left on the first street, walk some 50 meters just before the main highway on your left is the underground passage/pedestrian. Get down, walk to the right passing many shops until the end and take the stairs on your left (you can follow the sign) and you’ll emerge on the façade of the metro terminal, buy a ticket from the window and get down to the metro track below.
This metro will take you to the huge main bus terminal of Istanbul. It’s the 6th metro station (Otogar) from Aksaray station.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/a4c2f/1c0a38/1/?o=1&i=1
have fun!
The Bosphorus is a strait, separating Europe from Anatolia or Asia Minor, and dividing the two halves of Istanbul. The name means 'ox passage'. I thoroughly recommend a boat trip across, or along, the channel.
Just on the seaside of the Kumkapi, where fish restautants are located, there lays the Kumkapi fish market..
The fish market is not only for the suply of fish for the restaurants, but also a very known place to make daily fish shopping..
Many locals are making their daily fish shopping in these markets.. tens of different fish shops are serving their best fishes...
Location: Between Yenikapi ferry terminal and Eminonu on the road following the sea.. Just before Sultanahmet region..
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Ephesus
Not exactly off the beaten path, but some distance from Istanbul. This is where much biblical history took place, the temple of Diana is there (one of the seven wonders of the world).
It's amazingly hot in the summer, but the ruins in Ephesus are some of the best in the world, and less visited than those in Greece. It's truly beautiful.
Plus the trip to Ephesus is very nice.
The Grand Bazaar (Kapalicarsi in Turkish) is one of the the largest covered markets in the world with its 4400 shops, 3000 firms, some 17 hans (separate inns for specific type of products), 64 streets,25.000 employees, 4 fountains, 2 mosques and 22 gates. It's a real heaven for shoppers and a good opportunity for people to discover the Turkish hospitality. It looks like a labyrinth at first sight but it's actually not that complicated. All you have to do is to keep your eyes on the main street (Kalpakcilarbasi Street, the jewelry street). The Bazaar was first constructed in 1464 with the order of Mehmed II 'the Conqueror' and had many restorations over the years due to the extensive fires and destructive earthquakes. There are tens of cafés, a police station, little mosques, tourists information points in the bazaar.
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