Istanbul - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 60

open later. Banks keep similar
hours, although tend to open a
half hour or so earlier in the
morning. Museums open daily
from around 8.30am to 6pm,
although some may close for
lunch.
Post Offices (PTT) The main
post office in Istanbul, marked
with a big PTT sign, is located
at Eminönü, close to the ferry
terminal where boats leave for a
trip along the Bosphorus.
Smaller post offices, again with a
PTT sign, are dotted about
everywhere. See www.ptt.gov.tr
for up-to-the-minute rates for
letters and parcels.
Toilets Istanbul has a great
many public toilets, marked Bay
for men and Bayan for women.
However, it is advisable to use
facilities in restaurants and
hotels as the public toilets are
often dirty and rarely have toilet

paper provided. Occasionally, an
attendant on duty will take a
small fee and offer paper at the
entrance door.

WHAT TO SEE & DO

Children's Top 10
Attractions
1 Climbing on board the
Miniaturk Express at Miniaturk
and seeing Istanbul in miniature.
See p. 68
2 Seeing Istanbul from the top
of an open-top double-decker
bus. See p. 76
3 Enjoying an ice cream at
Buzada Beach on Galatasaray
Island. See p. 49
4 Hearing your own voice in
the underground chambers of the
Sultanahmet cistern. See p. 72

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