Woke up 7am today, hoping to make the most of the day as seeing its my last day in Istanbul. I had traditional turkish breakfast, the strange looking homemade jam tasted so good! Planning the day while eating breakfast and decided to visit 6 'istanbul's famous' heritage sites: Galata Tower, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, Topkapi Palace and Guyhane Park. We set off and started exploring the city of Istanbul. Galata Tower is beautiful and we went up a...

As I mentioned, the flight was very smooth. I slept most of the time, catching up my sleep as went to bed at 4.30am this morning, yes very exhausted! Landed Istanbul all safe, collected my bags. Went to the tourist information counter and enquired about transport to my hostel, they tried to rip us off by charging us 60TL whereas we refused and went on shuttle bus instead and paid 24TL for both of us. The ride was lovely, sightseeing and went on istanbul famous br...