Bosphorus tour Mayday

 Lovely trip up towards Black Sea.

Mosque next to our hotel from the sea.  We started in the Marama sea, sailed around the golden horn( old Istanbul) and off up the Bosphorus,  stage there seemed to be no people out or much traffic on the bridges, for a city that is normally hugely congested.

 The city old walls dating back to 500 A D.

 More of the early walls

 The outside walls of the palace

Lighthouse along the Bosphorus

The boys military school on the Asian side

More city walls.

The Bosphorus bridge

A military police launch,  we had to wait for it before boarding

The call to prayer many people praying outside this mosque

Towards the Black Sea. 

The Bosphorus bridge,  no traffic!

The Sultans bridge, full of traffic.

Looking up to the Black Sea. 

unusual architecture

Back index the Bosphorus bridge,  this time traffic. 

Looking over to the railway station that was the terminus of the Orient express.