Namuhla ukuhamba akushibhile. Amanani abelokhu ehle ngemuva kwalolu bhubhane futhi ngenkathi abanye bebuyele kumanani wangaphambilini, abanye bakhuphukile bahlela ukuhlala lapho. Lapho uhamba umuntu kufanele acace kakhulu ngesabelomali futhi azi ukulinganisa izindleko zohambo ngokwalo, indiza, isikebhe, ibhasi, nakho konke okunye.
Uhambo oluya e-Istanbul lwenziwa izinto zokuhamba, indawo yokuhlala nakho konke esikwenzayo lapho. Siyizigqila kancane zokuqala, nakuba mhlawumbe singathola izandla zethu phezu kwesibili nowesithathu futhi umdwebo okuthile for ukuya e-stanbul ezishibhileNgikushiyela amathiphu.
Amathiphu ohambo olushibhile oluya e-Istanbul
I-Istanbul yidolobha elikhulu ngakho inobuhle nobubi bayo, futhi phakathi kwalokhu kwakamuva yikhono lokungalinganisi isabelomali sethu sohambo. Ngakho-ke, kuhlale kulula ukwenza imibuzo ukuze wonge imali lapho ungakwazi khona.
Ake siqale lapho sizolala khona. Asikhumbule kuqala lokho I-Istanbul inonyawo olulodwa e-Asia kanti olunye luseYurophu, i-Bosphorus phakathi, ngakho kuye ngokuthi yisiphi isihambi, uzolala ngakolunye uhlangothi noma olunye.
Uhlangothi lwase-Asia luhlala kakhulu, kuyilapho ohlangothini lwaseYurophu kukhona ezikhangayo ngaphezulu, izitolo, zokudlela. Uma kumayelana yonga imali nesikhathi ekuhambeni nokubuya, mhlawumbe kungcono kakhulu ukuhlala ezindaweni ezimbili ezihamba phambili zasentshonalanga, Beyoglu (Galata) kanye ne-Sultanahmet.
Lo makhelwane wesibili uyisikhungo esinomlando futhi izindawo ezivelele kakhulu edolobheni zilapha: i Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia kanye Grand Bazaar. Kule ndawo kunamahhotela amaningi namahostela, kodwa kusobala ukuthi amanani aphakeme. Eduze, maqondana neSultanahmet, ohlangothini olusenyakatho yeGolide Horn, kuneGalata/Beyoglu. Kungomakhelwane lapho kukhona iTaksim Square, i-Istikal Caddesi boulevard enhle kanye neGalata Tower. Indawo yokuhlala lapha ishibhile.
Yini eshibhile? Amahhotela noma amahostela? Okwesibili, ngokusobala. Ungakwazi futhi ukwabelana ngegumbi nabanye abahambi futhi uthathe ithuba lokuhlangana nabantu abaningi futhi wenze ubungane. Edolobheni kunamahostela amaningi azo zonke izinhlobo, ngisho namasimu anokubukwa okuhle. Yebo iyasebenza nalapha I-Airbnb
Into yesibili okufanele uyikhumbule uzungeza kanjani i-istanbul Kungase kube nzima ekuqaleni, kodwa ungesabi. Kulula ukuzulazula ngoba ine- inethiwekhi enhle yezokuthutha zomphakathi okuhlanganisa indlela ehamba ngaphansi, amabhasi, amathilamu nezikebhe.
I-metro iyabiza kanjalo namatekisi, kanjalo into engcono kakhulu ukuthenga i-Istanbulkart, ikhadi lezokuthutha zedolobha. Izinkokhelo zishibhile, uhambo ngalunye lunezaphulelo futhi luyafana ngokudluliswa kwemali. Isibonelo, ngaleli khadi ungenza imali edluliswayo efinyelela ku-5 usebenzisa izinto zokuthutha ezihlukene ngesaphulelo. Ithengwa esikhumulweni sezindiza, eziteshini zikamasipala, ezikhumulweni zemikhumbi nasezitobhini zamabhasi. Uma ungafuni ukuyithenga, kufanele uyithenge. amajethoni: amathokheni asetshenziselwa ukukhokhela uhambo olulula kunoma yiziphi izindlela zokuhamba.
I-Istanbul inezindawo eziningi zokuvakasha. Ezimbili zibaluleke kakhulu, i Ikhadi Lokwamukela lase-Istanbul kanye ne-Istanbul E-Pass. Inguqulo ye-Deluxe yokuqala ikuvumela ukuthi ungene kumamnyuziyamu angu-12, uthathe izinkambo ezintathu eziqondisiwe, uhambo lwe-20 ngezithuthi zomphakathi, uhambo ngomkhumbi e-Bosphorus, ngaphezu kokuletha imephu nomhlahlandlela, kanye nezaphulelo ezingu-20% kwezinye izindawo ezikhangayo. Inguqulo ye-Premium ingeyezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ikwenza ungene ngokushesha e-Hagia Sophia nase-Topkapi Palace, wenze uhambo oluyi-10, umkhumbi we-Bosphorus kanye namamephu.
Ungathenga futhi i- Ithikithi le-Combo le-Hagia Sophia, i-Topkapi Palace kanye ne-Basilica, isebenza izinsuku ezintathu. Manje i I-Istanbul E-Pass iyiphasi yedijithali enezaphulelo lokho kuthunyelwa kuselula ngemva kokuyithenga ku-inthanethi. Kuhlanganisa 30 ezikhangayo kanye nezinsiza.
Indawo yokuhlala, ukuhamba futhi manje yebo, sekuyithuba le udle, naye lowo ngeke alambe. Ngenhlanhla, emigwaqweni yase-Istanbul ungadla kahle kakhulu. Kunenqwaba yezinqola Bathengisa yonke into... Izinqola ezidume kakhulu ziyimpumelelo eqinisekisiwe, letha utshwala bakho bejeli ukuze uzihlanze, uthathe imali yemali ukuchitha futhi Yebo, gwema izinhlanzi nezimbaza. Yebo, yigcinele izindawo zokudlela.
Ngesikhathi sesidlo sakusihlwa ungakwazi njalo ukuya okuhle izindawo zokudlela zomndeni, the indawo yokudlela yezingcweti, ngamamenyu endawo futhi ashibhile njalo. Ngilinganisela ukuthi ukudla kwasemini kungabiza cishe amadola angu-4. Yiqiniso, nakuba ukudla kungase kungabizi ngaso sonke isikhathi, uphuzo oludakayo lubiza kancane. futhi yebo lapha ithiphu ishiywe, phakathi kuka-10 oo 5l 5% wesamba se-akhawunti.
Ngingakubona kanjani indawo e-Istanbul, kushibhile noma kumahhala? Ngenhlanhla, singasebenzisa imali encane: ungahlala uhamba nje, uphethe incwadi yokuqondisa, noma ujabule ngokusebenzisa imali encane noma ukwazi ukusizakala ngalokho esikusebenzisayo.
I-Istanbul inikeza I-Istanbul Museum Pass, cishe ngamadola ayi-15, okukuvumela ukuthi ungene eminyuziyamu eminingi njengeTopkapi Palace, uHagia Sophia, iminyuziyamu yemivubukulo nokunye okuningi. Le phasi ye-museum isebenza amahora angu-120. Kuyafaneleka? Hhayi-ke, umnyango we-Hagia Sophia ungamadola angu-5… Kodwa, wamukelekile ku- izinsuku zokungenwa mahhala kumamnyuziyamuukuze ukwazi ukusizakala ngazo.
Umuntu akakwazi ukuya e-Istanbul ngaphandle kokuphuma gibela isikebhe eBosphorus, akulona iqiniso? Kufanele uzizwe, ube, phakathi kwe-Asia neYurophu. Kukhona izivakashi cruise ukugibela okungambi eqolo, kodwa ungasebenzisa kancane usebenzisa Istanbulkart futhi bamba isikebhe somphakathi kusuka ekugcineni kuya kwesinye i-dle encane. Futhi abakaze basikhokhise ngokusebenzisa imilenze yethu, ngakho-ke uma uthanda ukuhamba akukho lutho olungcono kunokuhamba emadolobheni nasezitaladini zawo ezincane.
Njengoba wazi kakade, indlela eya ukuya e-stanbul ezishibhile njalo kuhambisana nokuba khona i-backpacker. Unobhaka noma ungenawo, kodwa ulandela lesi sitayela sokuhamba. Ngakho-ke, ungalala ehostela elinendlu yokulala phakathi kwamadola ayi-10 no-15, noma ehhotela elilula phakathi kwama-dollar angu-60 no-80 ngekamelo eliphindwe kabili noma i-Airbnb ngemali encane. Isidlo sakusihlwa sababili singamadola ayi-10 noma angama-20. Ubhiya ophakathi kuka-2 no-3 wamadola kanye nekhofi okufanayo. Akhona amagama amahhotela? Ihhotela Jumba, ephethwe odade abathathu endaweni yaseCukurcuma, eduze kwaseGalata, Ihhostela Basileus, e-Sultanahmet, enamagumbi okugeza angasese futhi eseduze ne-Hagia Sophia.
Okokugcina, kulezi zinsuku asikwazi ukunqanyulwa ngakho-ke sihamba nedatha yonke indawo, kodwa uma ungafuni noma yiluphi uhlelo ngaphandle kwezwe lakini, njalo. ungasebenzisa i-wifi mahhala kumathilomu, izindawo zokudlela kanye nezindawo ze-WiFi. Ngokwesibonelo, kuzo zonke izikwele zezifunda zokuvakasha kuzo zonke izindawo ezingomakhelwane kukhona ibbWiFi. Uzowathola nakwamanye amapaki, ezikhumulweni zamabhasi e-Intercity, ezitimeleni ezingaphansi komhlaba nasemabhasini. Uma usafuna ukuzimela, ungathenga i-Turkey SIM, i-Pay-as-you-go plan, ekahle uma uhlala izinsuku ezingaphezu kweziyi-10 noma okungenani isonto.
Ngakho-ke, uhlala ehostela, udle emgwaqweni, uhambe ngokushibhile, uvakashele iminyuziyamu ngezinsuku zamahhala futhi okumele ukwenze nje ukuthatha izithombe ezinhle. Kusuka kuphi? Mahhala, kusukela ePierre Loti Hill, kusukela eSuleymaniye Mosque, isikwele esibheke iBosphorus eHarbiye, eduze kwaseTaksim kanye nokuhamba ogwini lwaseBosphorus okungasoze kwalibaleka.