After breakfast we made our way to the tram and took it across the Galatta Bridge followed by a short walk to the Dolmabahce Palace. We walked through the entrance gardens and had a short wait for our entrance ticket. We then walked through the beautiful inner gardens to the palace itself. Here we had to wait a considerable time for the next tour to enter the palace (only way to be allowed entry). Unfortunately no photography is allowed within the palace. As it is only 155 years old and built to try to save the failing Ottomon empire, it is quite modern for a Palace and built to impress! (or as the guide said, show off!) The attention to detail is quite amazing, with beautiful mosaics, murals, turkish carpets, furniture and chandeliers everywhere you looked.
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