Finally our wonderful trip
came to an end and it was our last day in Turkey. Topkapi Palace is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site that has to be on one’s check list before you leave
Istanbul. So in the morning we left the hotel to tick this box. The palace is huge
and is built on a hill right next to the sea. The palace also has a museum inside where all
the original swords, cloaks, bone china, manuscript, jewelry etc are kept.
So we entered through the Gate of Salutation which connects to the courtyard and the rest of the palace.
There are tons of things to see but hard to remember once you have left the
place. The Iftar Kiosk was one of the places where the Sultans were believed to
break their fast after Ramadan and is an ideal place to take picturesque
photographs. Later we headed to see the panoramic view of the Marmara Sea.
Another interesting pic that we took was that of a hollow tree which became a
victim to fungus but is still standing tall till date. 
It was already twilight and
we headed straight for Blue Mosque to see the fancy fountain lights. We were
pleasantly greeted with the brightly lit colourful lights. We took our pics with
the lovely display and headed for dinner at this beautiful restaurant on the
top floor of a building with the stunningly lit Blue Mosque as our backdrop. We
had traditional Turkish food and relished every bit of it. This was a beautiful
way to end our trip to Turkey and it was all the more memorable coz it was our
first trip with Gagan and Shweta.
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