Sa leve strane se pruža pogled na Sultanahmet, a sa desne
strane na Novu džamiju, Egipatsku pijacu začina I turističke brodove. Most Galata je pravi grad u
malom. Mene je zapravo fascinirao broj restorana i kafića. Ukoliko budete išli
preko mosta sa gornje strane, naći ćete se medju mnogobrojnim ribarima,
prodavcima djevreka i ljudima koji vam na roštilju za par sekundi spreme ribu koja je tek ulovljena, a tu je i
savršen pogled na more i grad. Medjutim, ako ipad odlučite da sidjete
stepenicama na donju stranu mosta i budete bliže moru, budite spremni na to na
će vas uporni konobari vući za rukav i moliti da probate riblje specialitete
baš u ribljem restoranu.
Kada
dodjete do kraja mosta shvatićete koliko je na Eminonu uvek živo, možda ćak i
previše živo za moj ukus. Odatle polazi veliki broj autobusa i brodova, a
nalazi se i par stanica tramvaja...
Sa
suprotne strane mosta se nalazi Galata kula. U prošlosti je to zapravo bila
osmatračnica, a ako odlučite da idete na vrh odatle će vam se pružiti
neverovatan pogled na mostove, more i stari deo grada, sve krovove restorana i
neodoljivih kafića u kraju. Osetićete se kao da ste na vrhu sveta. U Istanbulu
je sve u tome kakav pogled imate!!
Sve
uličice oko same kule su strme, kaldrmisane, a govoto svaki objekat je
minijaturan. Kafići na platou ispred ulaza u kulu su takodje minijaturni,
podsećaju na one koje vidjamo u Parizu I Amsterdamu sa samo par stolova, a sve
stolice su okrenute prema ulici. Jedine dve stvari koje mi se nisu svidele su čekanje
u redu na ulazak u Galatu- to mi je oduzelo oko sat vremena, ali moglo je da bude
i mnogo gore, kao i cena- ulazak iznosi 24TL.
Ukoliko
ka Galata kuli idete iz pravca centra, ići ćete od Istiklala jednom strmom
kaldrmisanom ulicom nizbrdo. Ona je načičkana dućanima od par kvadratnih metara
koji prodaju voće, cedjenu pomorandžu, kriške ananasa na štapiću i kafu za
poneti. Sama šetnja oko Galate je pravi doživljaj.
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On the
left side you can see Sultanahmet district and on the right side New mosque,
Egiptian Spice Bazar and touristic boats. Galata bridge is quite like a small
town. I was fascinated by the number of caffes and restaurants. If you decide
to take the upper side of the bridge, you are going to walk among fishermen,
simit sellers and people who are able to make you fish tost on a barbeque in
just a few sec. And you are also gonna have amazing view. If you decide to take
the stairs down the bridge to get closer to the sea, be ready to get annoyed by
very persistant waiters who are gonna pull you to visit their restaurant to try
on their fish specialities.
When
you reach the other side, you are gonna realise how crowded Eminonu is maybe, too lively for my taste. It's a huge stop for most of buses, boats and trams.
Galata
Tower is located on the opposite side of the bridge. It was actually a watchtower but if
you decide to climb on the top of it, you will be able to have the most amazing
view on boats, sea, older part of the town, all the roof tops of restaurants
and adorable coffee shops in the neighbourhood.
All
the streets around the Tower are pretty steep, cobble, old and every
possible shop there looks like it was made for elves. Caffes located in
front of the entrance of Galata Tower are small, you feel like you are in Paris
or Amsterdam with just a few tables and all the chairs are looking at the
Galata. I didn't like waiting in a line on the entrance, because it can pretty
much take half of your day and the price- it's 24TL to get to the top.
If you
want to get to Galata Tower from the center, you can follow one narrow steep
street from Istiklal that goes down. There are a lot of shops there selling
fruit, fresh orange juice, slices of ananas on a stick, watermelons and coffee to go.
Walking around Galata is such an adventure.
Enjoy your journey lifelovers and world travellers,
Love, Ana <3
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