After an excellent fish lunch in Andolukavagi, we made our way back to Istanbul. This wonderful day ended at a small Hookah cafe where we smoked our way through our personal backgammon tournament, sipping tea, and people / dog / cat watching. ... My final objective was to visit all of the Virtuoso hotels in Istanbul. As always, the hotel general managers graciously gave me tours of the common areas and examples of their various room types. I always love doing these tours ...
Finally we stopped at Andolu Kavagi on the Black Sea where I took off and hiked up to a castle. The views were enough to make even the heat worth it. After a lovely seafood lunch of fried oysters I took the ferry back and spent the ...
As it was the winter schedule, there is only one ferry per day (leaves at 10:35 am) taking you all the way to Andolu Kavagi. If you are traveling in summer, there is a second ferry at 1:35 pm. The round trip fare is 20 lira. ...
