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Topkapi Palace

Day 4 - Istanbul 2012

May 5th 2012
7:00am we wake up for a typical Turkish breakfast. Lots of eggs, cold meats and cheeses, as well as salad and toast with chocolate spread. At half past 8 our tour bus picks us up for a trip to the Topkapi Palace. Sultans lived and governed here from the 1400s until the mid 1800s, it covers over 70,000 square meters, and is divided into 3 sections. All of them are stunning, and the innermost part h ... read more
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