Haliç, Istanbul Turkey
written by azurblue
on October 20th, 2009
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Haliç (aka Golden horn, or Khrysokeras in Greek) is a horn-shaped estuary which divides European Istanbul. It used to be the best natural Harbor in the world, at Byzantine times.
The Byzantine Empire has its naval headquarters there, and walls were built along the shoreline to protect the city of Constantinople from naval attacks.
A large chain blocked Haliç every night, preventing unwanted ships from entering.
From Sultahnamet, we took a taxi to visit Kariye Müzesi , and then another taxi to go to the Mosque of Eyüp. We took the funicular to Pierre Loti’s café, had a drink and watched to the gorgeous view on the golden horn, then went back to our hotel, hurrying but missing the regular boat, took a taxi-boat, which was a wonderful trip.
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