Islam’s Greatest City — A Photo Tour of Istanbul at Christmas

Hotel room, Istanbul

Skyline

Downtown at night

Downtown at night

Shopping downtown

Night stroll downtown

Taksim Square

Israeli flag among others, Taksim Square

Downtown

Side street, downtown

Topkapi Palace

Hagia Sophia

Inside Hagia Sophia

Inside the Grand Bazaar

Inside the Grand Bazaar

Inside the Grand Bazaar

The Blue Mosque

The Blue Mosque courtyard

Inside the Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque

An underground cistern for storing water

A Medusa head at the bottom of a pillar inside the cistern