world best travel places: Miniature Turkey - All the Country For Two Hours!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Miniature Turkey - All the Country For Two Hours!


If you want to see the main sights of Istanbul and all Turkey for a couple of hours - it becomes possible in the Miniaturk park located in Istanbul. It was opened in May, 2003 and its area is 60 thousand m2, where 15 thousand m2 is occupied by the sculptures.

Here one may see 120 sculptures of various sights , 57 of which are places from Istanbul, 51 - from Anatolia, 12 - from Ottoman territories that are now outside of Turkey.
Ataturk Olympic Stadium
Bosphorus bridge may be called the main sight of the park - one may even go along the bridge!
Suleymaniye mosque
Galata tower in Istanbul
St. Irene Church in Istanbul
Church of St. Anthony
Darussafaka school
Kariye Museum of mosaics
Taksim square of Istanbul
Railway station - Haydarpasa
Kyuchyuksu Villa of Sultan Abdul Majid
Post office in Sirkeci, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
Blue Mosque
Mevlana Mausoleum
Ziraat bank
Ishak Pasha Palace
Ulu Camii mosque
Madrassas with a double minaret in Erzurum
Isa Bey mosque in Selcuk
Alladin mosque in Konya

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