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Bosphorus Cruise

İstanbul

Thirty kilometres of water between two continents: palaces, waterfront houses, two fortresses and a current. Twenty-five stops, the European shore outbound and the Asian shore on the return, about seventy-five minutes.

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Duration26min
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Bosphorus Cruise
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The Weeping Column

Hagia Sophia · northwest corner

That column is darker than the others. Because it doesn't belong here — it was brought from Ephesus. For fifteen hundred years everyone touched the same spot, which is why the brass shines.

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