Thursday, April 19, 2012

Turkey travel guide: Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia

Traveling to Turkey: Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia

Where is the birthplace of Santa Claus? Where is the world's most ancient church relic? Where is the origin of tulips? Answers to these questions are all in Turkey!





Istanbul: a pure city

Blue Mosque


All the original walls of the mosque with blue and white ceramic tile decoration. About more than 20,000 pieces of Turkey have the classic eye-catching blue tile, giving the absolute visual impact, so people used to call it the Blue Mosque. Later, this style of decoration is broken, we now see more clearly that the gorgeous red, blue and white pattern. Although it retains only a small part of blue and white corner, it allows people to see the original style.

Hagia Sophia Aya sofya

To know the quality of a building, you should take a look of it in detail. In Hagia Sophia, you can focus on any one perspective, which can give you great impression.

Around the world, this is the only temple who designed as a church. Meanwhile, it becomes a mosque with its the magnificent architecture. The center of the church has the strongest feelings, in front of it people here are so small. Out of reach of the dome and the momentum of the marble columns you can have a strong shock from the surrounding natural light coming in through the window, which creates a psychedelic atmosphere of religion. It is inspired by the power of religion and it is so strong. It is probably the church who is known for combining the East and West, past and future.


From the church side of the dark, you can see the narrow stone paved channel winds. Around the church you can reach the two-story gallery on three sides, so your space from a different perspective of this magnificent cathedral can help you to appreciate its beauty and magnificance.





Old Palace Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace Park Palace was built during the Ottoman Empire. Outside the gate there is a huge fort, so the locals call it Fort Palace. Topkapi Palace Park has a collection of 12,000 pieces of porcelain, and it is the second biggest place which has collected the largest Chinese porcelain collections.


In April, Istanbul is a sea of flowers along the roadsides, parks, squares. Tulips can be seen everywhere. Tulip Turks used to decorate mosques, the royal family and palace, Topkapi Palace Park are no exception. Even cats and dogs seem to appreciate, and often come and go in among the flowers. Each city in Turkey, cats and dogs are free to see, if they lay on the floor lazily for the sun.

Prince Island: There is no sanctuary of motor vehicles

There is no place which had ever witnessed so many princes and princesses here. It witnessed many powerful empires which were banished and emperors who died in this small temple. A historian, referring to Prince Island, he wrote this down: “there is no other place in the world in which people can feel comfort and leisure, only except the Prince Island.



The island has a 10 miles of winding road, just in south of a steep mountain road. People from the city streets can set foot on the edge of a forest area of the sediment toward the island road and take a few hours around the island. On the island are pine trees and small trees of Mediterranean oaks. In these trees, there are rock rose, myrtle and juniper trees and other bushes. In addition, there are pine trees and the same family of frankincense trees. Sweet soak into the depths of these trees are dipped the heart, people could not help but think of the French island of Corsica in the spring, from which people will be enticed by its aroma environment. If you walk alone here, you can breathe the fresh air and sing a song here.

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