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Whirling Dervishes Tour
Sirkeci Train Station:
This Orientalist train station that builin 1989 near
Seraglio Point beneath the walls of Topkapi Palace,right to
Eminonu, its ferry docks,and Galata Bridge is not any train
station.This is the destination of the famed rail experience
known as the Orient Express. This train brought opulence in
travel to a level not matched until the unveiling of the
queen Elizabeth and later the Concorde, it quickly became
the stuff of myth and legend, immortalized in countless
films,books, and other bits of popular culture. The train
was the project of Belgian businessman Georges Nagelmackers.
It ran the 1,700-mile route from 1889 to 1977.
The Orient Express was revived in 1982 by an American
businessman and runs various routes that include London and
Venice, but not in the same grand style as before.
Note: There is no pick-up service from hotels. |
