1. Rick Steves' tour day 3 schedule.
2. Walking to Topkapi Palace, the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.
3. Inside Topkapi Palace.
4. We went to Harem first which was home to the sultan's mother, concubines, wives and kids.
5. Harem.
6. Harem.
7. Ceiling at mother sultan's apartment.
8. Imperial Hall.
9. Imperial Hall.
10. Harem.
11. Harem.
After touring the Harem with Yaren, she gave us 75 minutes to see the rest of the Topkapi Palace.
12. Topkapi Palace.
13. Topkapi Palace.
14. Topkapi Palace.
15. Topkapi Palace.
16. Topkapi Palace.
17. Topkapi Palace.
18. Since the Imperial Treasury was under renovation, we didn't get to see the famous Topkapi Dagger so we took a picture of what was sold at the museum shop instead :)
19. Topkapi Palace.
20. Topkapi Palace.
21. Topkapi Palace.
22. Topkapi Palace.
23. The Bosphorus from Topkapi Palace.
24. The Bosphorus from Topkapi Palace.
25. Topkapi Palace.
26. Ceiling of a Sultan Mausoleum.
We left Topkapi Palace after noon, after 2 bus stops, arrived at Ankara hotel around 7 pm.
(To be continued)
