- Istanbul, Turkey -
Galata Tower, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istiklio Kaddesi,
Pack for an Early Departure
October, 2018
Day 4
Climb Galata Tower
Above Left: There it is.
Above Right: Galata Tower.
Above Left: Galata Tower.
Above Right: Galata Kulesi is Turkish for Galata Tower.
Above Left: All nice kids waiting in line
Above Right: Giant Brass Relief Art, on display inside the entrance to Galata Tower.
Above: Giant Brass Relief Art, on display inside the entrance to Galata Tower, exhibiting a north looking view of ships in the Golden Horn, the city of Galata inside its old city wall, and the Galata Tower in what I would guess to be in the 1400s.
Above Left: Looking down the stairwell of Galata Tower.
Above Right: The Galata Tower view looking west and southwest up the Golden Horn.
Above Left: The Galata Tower view looking northwest.
Above Right: The Galata Tower view looking north and northeast up the Bosphorus Straight and the Bosphorus Bridge; Europe on the left, Asia on the right.
Above Left: Looking east from the Galata Tower down Galata Street, only our apartment building roof is visible.
Above Right: The Galata Tower view looking southeast across the Golden Horn toward Hagia Sophia with the Sea of Marmara beyond.
Above Left: The Galata Tower view looking south at the Fishing Bridge on the Golden horn, on the horizon left to right is Ayasofya, Blue Mosque, and then possibly the Süleyman Mosque. We probably spent 80% of our touring within the confines of this image for this visit.
Above Right: The Galata Tower view looking south and southwest toward the Pedestrian-Metro Bridge and the Golden Horn Bridge for the Highway.
Above Left: The Café, we did have beverages and a snack while there.
Above Right: Byzantine Brickwork Pattern.
Above: More about the Galata Tower.
Above: Terry could walk down the stairs with no issues, I could not.
Above Left: A lavish Shoe Shine stand.
Above Right: Nice looking building that we passed while we walked to the west side of Galata to find the Istanbul Modern.
The Istanbul Modern [Museum]
Above Left: Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, Fire, 2010, Acrylic on Plexiglass.
Above Right: Bubble Man - We were walking back to the Galata Tower area by way of Independence Avenue (Istiklio Kaddesi).
Walking back to the Galata Tower area by way of Istiklio Kaddesi
Galata Tower area Restaurant
Above: Teresa.
Above: Dennis.
Above: Late Lunch.
Summary
We had an easy and fun touring day. We ended the day early in order to have time to pack, check on our taxi pickup, and check flight times as we were to depart very early in the following morning.
