Istanbul shows off models for new airport
Istanbul is building the world’s largest airport terminal, scheduled to open in 2018, an hour northwest of the city, and is now showing off models
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Istanbul is building the world’s largest airport terminal, scheduled to open in 2018, an hour northwest of the city, and is now showing off models
Marco Polo’s Caravan on the Silk Road/ Public Domain Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili of Georgia announced plans yesterday to build a new $2.5 billion deep-water Black Sea port. The
One of the classics for visitors to Istanbul—and for quite a few Istanbulis as well—is a cruise up the Bosphorus, the 19-mile strait that connects
At Anadolu Kavagi, where the Bosphorus meets the Black Sea, fish restaurants line the shore and the few other streets
One of many mosques to be seen; this one is 19th century
The 1973 Bosphorus Bridge, linking Europe and Asia by road for the first time, rises above older buildings on European side
Connecting the old and new parts of the European side, it’s lined with mostly fish stores
I’m preparing for a mid-February week in Istanbul, and would like to include a Bosphorus cruise, specifically one of the more-or-less all-day ones that goes up to the Black Sea, has a lunch break at a small port on the Black Sea, and then returns….
Istanbul is building the world’s largest airport terminal, scheduled to open in 2018, an hour northwest of the city, and
Marco Polo’s Caravan on the Silk Road/ Public Domain Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili of Georgia announced plans yesterday to build a new
One of the classics for visitors to Istanbul—and for quite a few Istanbulis as well—is a cruise up the Bosphorus,
At Anadolu Kavagi, where the Bosphorus meets the Black Sea, fish restaurants line the shore and the few other streets
One of many mosques to be seen; this one is 19th century
The 1973 Bosphorus Bridge, linking Europe and Asia by road for the first time, rises above older buildings on European
Connecting the old and new parts of the European side, it’s lined with mostly fish stores
I’m preparing for a mid-February week in Istanbul, and would like to include a Bosphorus cruise, specifically one of the more-or-less all-day ones that goes up to the Black Sea, has a lunch break at a small port on the Black Sea, and then returns….