Bosphorus - Istanbul

None of Istanbul city break you should have a boat to escape on the Bosporus. Daily ferries leave from Sirkeci along the strait, past the famous buildings and villas, to the continental bridge, from where Istanbul is well worth seeing. The approximately 700 m wide strait separating not only the city but also two continents. Since 1973 (50. anniversary of the Republic), the Bosphorus Bridge linking Europe and Asia. There is a length of 1620 meters to the longest suspension bridges in the world. Because of traffic growth has been further north, the second bridge (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge), built in 1988 opened.