{"id":43,"date":"2014-03-08T18:42:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2014-03-08T18:42:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:42:47","slug":"bosphorus-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Bosphorus Ferry"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know what this frigid, windy evening needs? Pictures of warm and sunny Turkey!<\/p>\n

We took a local ferry to the small town of Anadolu Kavagi, the last town on the Bosphorus before reaching the Black Sea. The Bosphorus is a 19-mile long strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the busiest waterways in the world.<\/p>\n

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Galata Bridge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dolmabahce Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dolmabahce Palace – it just goes on and on. Built in the 19th century when the Sultan decided he needed a modern, European-style residence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anatolian Fortress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Entrance to the Black Sea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yoros Castle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Someone’s private home!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rumeli Fortress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Squat toilet – decided I probably don’t have the balancing skills necessary to use this on a moving boat!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Topkapi Palace, with Blue Mosque visible behind it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All in all, a wonderful and relaxing way to spend the day. Total cost ~$12.50 USD each, roundtrip. Wish I had thought to ask around and see if we could take a private boat ride to the Black Sea from Anadolu Kavagi. We had an appx.3 hour wait in this very small village until the return ferry to Istanbul, so there was plenty of time. Oh well, maybe next time!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Originally Published 11\/23\/2013)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You know what this frigid, windy evening needs? Pictures of warm and sunny Turkey! We took a local ferry to the small town of Anadolu Kavagi, the last town on the Bosphorus before reaching the Black Sea. The Bosphorus is a 19-mile long strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}