Bazaars, mosaics, bridges and lots of public transport.

At the Arasta Bazaar to find the Great Palace Mosaic Museum, right in the middle of the bazaar.

Love the window displays at the bazaar.

Tiles decorate the drains.

Our stylish sisters were keen to buy boots like these.

Lots of felt Whirling Dervishes.

The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was fascinating. They were created in the Byzantine period to decorate the pavement of a courtyard in the Great Palace of Constantinople.

A lot of the pictures were very gory.

Later we strolled down to the water.  This is the view across to the New District and the Galata Tower.

Looking towards the BosphorusStrait.

Crossing the Galata Bridge to the New District. It is full of fishermen day and night.

On the bridge. The muscle seller is a common sight in coastal areas of Turkey.

The wheel of the funicular to Taksim Square.

On Taksim Square again we examined the Republic Monument which commemorates the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. It depicts the two sides of Atakurk. This side depicts him as modern Turkey's first president and the other side shows him as a war hero.

We strolled from the square down the pedestrian-only Istikial Street, full of shops, eateries and loads of people. Also, this tram they called the Nostalgic Tram runs down the middle.

We passed many Art Nouveau buildings.

This kind of bakery abounds in Turkey.

Cicek Pasaji was originally the Flower Passage, built in Neo-Baroque style in the 1870's.

This woman is making gosleme.

We arrived at the 14th Century stone Genoese Galata Tower intending to go to the lookout at the top. However the queue was so long we cut our loses and headed for a rooftop restrauant, recommended by our landlord, for views and dinner.

View from the Mid Point Restaurant.

Celebrating Judith's last dinner before she returns to Australia.

Outside the street was awash with decorative lights.

From here we took the Tunnel Funicular back to the Galata Bridge then the tram back to Old Town.

Even the station was decorated with tiles.

Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent.