The Topkapi Palace and Aya Irene
September 29th 2010 The Topkapi Palace and Aya Irene
Monk allocated the best part of today to explore the Topkapi Palace.
It's physically the largest site on the Istanbul itinerary. There's a great deal to see and it takes a long time to do it properly, made longer by the queues one has to join to see some of the exhibits.
The palace was the seat of government of the Ottoman Empire and the reside
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