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| It turned out to be quite difficult to navigate the little side streets from the Grand Bazaar to the Church of SS Sergius. While my guide book had a detailed street map, most streets were unlabeled and the map didn't show their layout exactly right, making confusion likely. As I was proceeding I noticed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasa Mosque (above), but, do notice how tightly and awkwardly parked the cars are. What a chore having a car in Istanbul must be. Just a few blocks away (down the hill) I found what I believed was the Church of SS Sergius (though according to the guidebook I must have been wrong) above with the street view, here if you went past and turned right and below if you went past the parked cars and turned right again. Yikes! |
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| If you proceeded up the hill beyond the cars and through the weeds, I saw an open window (here) which had a view of a courtyard (this had been an upper window out). To my left was a hole with rooms about fifteen feet below. Oh my! |
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| Here is the view of the main building from that courtyard window. I then hiked down the rest of the hill and went along the highway along the coast. There I found the few remnants of the Bucolean Palace from about 1500 years ago (below). These were the palaces coastal entrance for royal barges and such. |
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| There was a really nice walkway along the highway on the coastal side, the only place I saw in Istanbul that would be great for bicycling. Above you can see a building that was built around historic ruins much as they do in Rome. You could also walk on the side of the highway away from the coast, but it got really narrow in places. Below are remnants of the old seawall and parts of the Topkapi Palace for the Sultans about 500 years ago. |
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This page was last updated on March 13, 2012.
