Guide 18 of 29
İstiklal Avenue: From Tünel to Taksim
İstanbul
A walk uphill along the city's European street: a funicular, a dervish lodge, palaces left over from embassies, arcades, churches, cinemas, and a square at the end. Eighteen stops, about an hour.
Stops18
Duration24min
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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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