The Bosporus;

You can get the public ferry information from our front desk... There are couple options to take a lovely tour around Bosphour.
The Bosporus or Bosphorus (Greek: ????????), also known as the Istanbul Strait, (Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı), is
a strait that forms the boundary between the European part (Thrace) of Turkey and its Asian part (Anatolia). The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, it connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara
(which is connected by the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea, and thereby to the Mediterranean Sea). It is approximately 30 km long, with a maximum width of 3,700 meters at the northern entrance, and a minimum
width of 700 meters between Kandilli and Aşiyan; and 750 metres between Anadoluhisarı and Rumelihisarı. The depth varies from 36 to 124 meters in midstream. The shores of the strait are heavily populated as the city of Istanbul (with a metropolitan area in excess of 11 million inhabitants) straddles it.

Maiden's Tower (Kizkulesi);
Before you get there read the legend of this tower and get the ferry information from the reception. Tower and its
view itself is fascinating as its legend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizkulesi
Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known in the ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as
Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros), sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait off the coast of
Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey.

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