Türkiye Travel Notes (4)

I took some old friends to Turkey. I originally wanted to go to Kamakura Fuji in Tokyo, but I found out that National Day air tickets were not cost-effective. So I searched around and found that the air tickets to Turkey were reasonably priced, so I happily decided to go to Turkey. have a look.

The sixth day
Pamukkale——>Istanbul, live in Istanbul
We flew to Istanbul in the afternoon from Kardak Airport in Denizli. There is no convenient public transportation from Pamukkale to Kardak Airport. We asked the hotel owner to book a pick-up bus for 55 lire/person.
In fact, it only costs 35 lire/person to book directly with the bus company, but when I contacted the company by email, they said that it could only be booked one day in advance or by phone on the same day.
Thinking about the indescribable English that this man used to reply to my email, and the painful experience of communicating on the phone with a Turkish driver in Goreme, we still let the hotel owner rip off 80 lire.
This flight is to SAW Airport in Istanbul. The public transportation from SAW Airport into the city is really complicated. After researching for a long time, we had to transfer at least 3 times and it took 2 hours.
Finally, we decided to take a taxi. Taxis in Turkey have too many dark histories, which is why we tried our best to choose public transportation.
I went to the designated taxi pick-up point at the airport with an uneasy mentality. Fortunately, there was a staff member who was directing us. The staff arranged a car for us and then arranged the meter for us.
After getting on the bus, the driver asked us to use Google Maps to get the navigation. There were two roads on the navigation, one taking the bridge and the other taking the undersea tunnel. The driver said that the toll was 30 lire for the bridge and 60 lire for the undersea tunnel.
The final fare was the meter fee plus toll. I actually felt that our money should have been overcounted for the toll, but the total price was within our psychological budget, so we accepted it.
Finally, we took a taxi to the old town near Sultanahemt and spent 156 fare + 60 toll on the undersea tunnel (I want to complain here again, in fact, just walk on the bridge, the distance is about the same, my two mentally retarded friends have never walked through the undersea tunnel and want to experience it) one time)
 
Day 7 to Day 9
When visiting Istanbul and living in Istanbul, the most necessary thing in Istanbul is the Istanbul Transportation Card. The cost of buying this thing is 6 liras, which is non-refundable. The recharge is as much as you put in, and there is no recharge.
However, most public transportation in the city can be used, including ground trams, the special trams on Independence Street, cable cars, cross-sea boats, buses to and from the airport, and even paid public toilets built by the government.
One card can be used by N people, but only the first person can enjoy the transfer discount. However, in the past few days in Istanbul, I basically took the T1 tram to move around. There were very few transfers, and I basically didn’t enjoy it a few times. Transfer discounts. So you don’t actually need to buy too many cards, just one card can be used by several people, and it’s more convenient when recharging money.
You can buy this card at the yellow machine at the bus station, or you can buy it at the airport bus station on the first floor of Istanbul New Airport.
I think the places worth visiting in Istanbul include Hagia Sophia, the Old and New Palaces, Independence Street, Galata Tower, especially the New Palace, which is decorated by wealthy locals, is gorgeous and exaggerated, and I was stunned for a moment. What a pity. No photos allowed.
Mosques from to are nothing to see. They are all beautiful from the outside, but very ordinary inside. You have to wear long pants, a headscarf and take off your shoes when entering (there is a smell here), which is quite troublesome. The boat ride is also quite interesting. , there are special cruise lines for cruising the strait, and you can also take a bus and sit there. There are people selling black tea and snacks on the boat.
On the Istiklal Street tram at night, you can swipe your bus card to get on it, or you can hang on when it stops.
In the corner of Hagia Sophia, the hall is being renovated. It’s not because I took all the photos that I didn’t post the picture, huh?
Evening at Galata Tower
various streets
Outside Saint Sophia, I quite like this angle, but he says that he gets up at 6:30 every day to take photos of the sunrise from this angle, and he doesn’t wake up until 8:30 every day.
Inside the Blue Mosque.
The gate of the old palace and a room inside.
new palace gate
Turkish uncles fishing on the beach
However, I have always felt that Istanbul was not very safe. One day while waiting for the bus on the bridge, a convoy suddenly fired several shots into the air and shouted a series of slogans.
I almost thought there was a gang shootout. Later, my friends speculated that the fans were unhappy because the team lost and wanted to vent. That day, Besiktas happened to have just finished their game after losing to Wolves. A busload of Besiktas fans on the bus looked like they were dead at home. The atmosphere and are solemn. I was so scared that I didn’t dare to say anything.

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