Strolling Through Istanbul: The Classic Guide To The City - Plot & Excerpts
Surrounded on two sides by high hills covered with groves of cypress trees and turbaned tombstones, commanding magnificent views of both shores of the Golden Horn, it was a peaceful back water devoted to death and religion. The modern world in its most dreary form of shabby factories and warehouses and cheap housing developments has unfortunately caught up with it and is investing it on all sides, though the view down the Golden Horn is still romantic at sunset. Nevertheless, Eyüp itself has so far resisted the worst encroachments of the modern world and it contains some of the most interesting as well as some of the most sacred relics of Ottoman piety; of all the suburbs of Istanbul it is the one which most repays a visit. The best way of reaching Eyüp is by ferry from the Galata Bridge, particularly now that new and more comfortable ferries have been put into service. The journey is pleasant and affords an opportunity of viewing from a distance the villages and districts on the way.
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