istanbul 2014

 
 

Ottoman Istanbul: The Topkapı Palace was the rambling palace complex of the Ottoman sultans until they moved in the nineteenth century to a French-style palace on the Bosphorus water-front. The Topkapı Palace is now a museum, and is a veritable treasure-house of architecture and applied arts, a palace like none that you will have ever seen. Later, there is a visit to the archaeological museum, built by the sultans in the late nineteenth century after the style of European monarchs to house their collection of antiquities from across the Ottoman Empire. Restaurant lunch and dinner.

Day 3 photos

December 24, 2014