Hello
there!
Couple of
days ago we’ve arrived in Istanbul and it was quite a day! It certainly a whole
difference with the other countries we’ve visited but it was again a great
experience.
I’m going
to talk about all the possibilities of transport you can use in Istanbul. One
thing’s for sure, it’s a quite hectic city. Besides all the hustle and bustle,
there are a lot of different possibilities how to get at your destination.
We searched
some possibilities at forehand and tried the difficulties that were highlighted
on the internet. The public transport
for example is, as mentioned on the internet, indeed not such a great way to
get somewhere, certainly at 5’o clock pm, then starts the rush hour which
concedes until midnight.
Besides
using the public transport you can also use a taxi to get at your destination, these are yellow and there are a
lot of them. The costs are rather low than expensive and it’s handy to get
somewhere fast. Be careful again in the rush hour, you better walk to your
destination then.
When you
want to use something different, you can travel with a ferry-boat, which is
again rather low budget. We went with a ferry-boat and it was nice to do
certainly because the weather was also not that bad and at least you get a
great view.
We’ve
travelled with the ferry trough the Bosporus and went almost until the black
sea. We enjoyed the trip very much, certainly because the ferry boat stops at
different ferry stops and there we could discover the little villages.
Certainly a recommend. This kind of travelling
is very cheap, we’ve payed about 5 euro’s each.
At the
other hand you can also travel under the Bosporus which is something new since
2011. The project is called Marmaray. Marmara stands for ‘sea of Marmara’.
Something
that is known for everybody is the station travelling, which is cheap and doesn’t
has any problem with rush hours. Another thing which is familiar in our ears
are the slackenings of the trains. This is to me I think something that they
know in every country. The station in Haydarpasa is an intercity rail station
which only travels in the country itself.
Transport
is very important when you visit a foreign country. When you’re on a trip you
probably want to go out of your hotel to discover the city its nature, culture
and much more. Therefor it’s important to take a look which possibilities you
have in a certain country. I’m glad we did that at forehand so we knew what the
positives and negatives were.
We enjoyed
the staying in Istanbul, it’s a nice country to discover but at the other hand
I prefer going to other countries.
I hope
these hints of transport in Istanbul might onetime be necessary for you.
Hear you
next week with a lot of new discoveries in another country.
Xxx
You are right Melissa, traffic was indeed quite hectic over there! I would never drive there myself because I would surely cause an accident! :-) Ilse xxx
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