Istanbul in Pictures & Words

seventeenth March 2025

We’ve stopped off in Istanbul in Turkey on our approach again from Japan. Final 12 months we skied in Turkey, this time spherical it appeared a very good place merely to go to. Right here’s why…

Istanbul is a metropolis like no different.

If Tokyo is sort of a massive ant hill stuffed with ordered chaos with every ant seemingly on its particular person mission for the larger good, then Istanbul is like the identical ant hill that has simply been disturbed by a small boy with a big stick.

It’s chaos, in each course.

From the teeming bazaars and the infinite noise, by means of to the bustling facet streets and the mighty Bosphorous that dissects town.

It’s a metropolis the place east meets west in each approach measurable.

Final winter PlanetSKI spent a few nights in Istanbul on the best way again from snowboarding within the close by resort of Kartalkaya.

Snowboarding in Turkey. Picture © PlanetSKI

This time spherical we wished to spend extra time in Istanbul after our lengthy interval snowboarding in Japan.

Partly to interrupt the journey, and partly to see one of many world’s biggest cities.

The place higher place to start out than the Mosques?

With all of the phrases within the story linked to above we’re recording this Istanbul metropolis cease off in footage.

The Blue Mosque, the Sultan Selim Mosque and a number of other extra apart from.

Istanbul, Turkey. Picture © PlanetSKI

After the mosques the bazaars, retailers and common avenue life are standouts of Istanbul.

The Bazaars

Istanbul, Turkey. Picture © PlanetSKI

No go to to Istanbul is compete with out a go to to Topkapi – the jewel within the metropolis’s crown.

We spent six hours there and nonetheless didn’t really feel we now have achieved the historic centre of the Ottomon Empire justice.

Topkapi

Istanbul, Turkey. Picture © PlanetSKI

First, the Hareem.

Istanbul, Turkey. Picture © PlanetSKI

Then the remainder.

Istanbul, Turkey. Picture © PlanetSKI

Topkapi is probably the perfect place to view the Bosphorous, as one stands in Europe and gazes over to Asia.

The Bosphorous

There isn’t a higher approach to see the Bosphorous than a ship journey.

There are various to selected from with a 90-minute one in direction of the Black Sea, turning spherical on the second bridge linking Europe and Asia, our most popular possibility.

And in case you need a couple of PlanetSKI phrases about Istanbul, don’t neglect to learn our earlier article:

It was the proper place to replicate on our fabulous time snowboarding in Japan and we strongly suggest a cease off to or from the slopes of Japan when you’ve got the time.

Or in case you are lucky sufficient to pattern the snowboarding in Turkey itself.

We intend to be again if we go snowboarding in Turkey subsequent winter, or if we head again to Japan.

Hopefully each.

See right here for our last publish from Japan that wraps all of it up with hyperlinks again to all our rolling weblog posts:

What a visit it has been – from the snowboarding, to the whole lot else apart from.

And all rounded off completely in Istanbul.