Archive: Destinations Subscribe to Destinations
Prince’s Islands, Adalar, Istanbul
Adalar are the islands facing Küçükyalı and Maltepe in the south east part of Istanbul. The islands also known as Prens Adaları (Prince’s Islands) are as follows:
Büyükada, 5.400 km²
Heybeliada 2.350 km²
Burgazada 1.500 km²
Kınalıada...
The Bosphorus, Bogaz, Istanbul
Boğaz, The Bosphours is one of the two straits in Turkey connecting the Black Sea, Karadeniz, The Marmara, Marmara Denizi, and The Agean Sea, Ege Denizi as well as Asia and Europe. It is also called Boğaziçi in Turkish. The word Bosphorus...
Belgrad Ormani, Belgrade Forest
Belgrad Ormani is a forest in Sariyer district on the European side in the north of İstanbul, in other words, the lungs of the city. The forest called Belgrade after the Belgrade campaign of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificient. The slaves...
Adalar, The Prince’s Islands
Adalar are the islands facing Küçükyalı and Maltepe in the south east part of Istanbul. The islands also known as Prens Adaları (Prince’s Islands) are as follows:
• Büyükada, 5.400 km²
• Heybeliada 2.350 km²
• ...
Ada Vapuru, Island Ferry
Ada vapuru is the island ferry leaving from Bostanci and Kadikoy on the Asian side, from Kabatas and Sirkeci on the European side. The first island stop is Kinaliada, next Burgazada, Heybeliada and finally Büyükada.
The island ferry is...