Istanbul Large and Small
February 5, 2011Posted by Kanga.
On our last full day in Instanbul, we went to Miniaturk Park. This is a park with miniature reproductions of major buildings and structures throughout Turkey. As I was walking around, I thought “maybe we should have come here first,” but then I decided it was just as good, maybe better to look at the reproductions after having seen the real thing in person.
We had already decided that Miniaturk should be on our list of things to do before seeing the advertisement in the Basilica Cistern, which consists of a miniature of Miniaturk (slightly ironic?).
So here are a few real life/miniature comparisons.
Remember Rumeli Fortress from our boat trip up the Bosphorus Strait?
Galata Tower
The Basilica Cistern
Sogukcheshme Street/Cafe Turing
Hagia Sophia
Anadolu Kavagi/Anadolu Fortress
The Fountain of Ahmet III
St Antoine’s Church
Galatasaray High School
And, last, but not least, the Blue Mosque.
Living the Travel Channel 
That matching up must have taken some time!
So, it’s like Legoland?
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