Istanbul: 王子岛Prince's Island, the Buyukada

GoMitty：很久很久以前，在一个距离伊斯坦堡城外20公里的群岛上，住着一班王子。

观众：拜托你别瞎说啦，王子生活在宫中，哪可能是在小岛上？

GoMitty：真的啦！！拜占庭和Ottoman时期，那些获罪的王子和王室成员就被流放于此。

GoMitty: Long long time ago, there was a number of Princes staying in an island near to Istanbul.

Audience: Please lah, don't be silly. Princes lived in palace, not island.

GoMitty: Is true one lah~~~ Princes and other royalty were exiled on the islands during Byzantine and Ottoman period. 

王子群岛是由9个岛组成的，而我们今天游玩的是面积最大的岛：Buyukada。如今的王子群岛，再也没有王子流放于此，却是伊斯坦堡人夏日的避暑胜地。

王子群岛上的最大特色是这里没有现代交通工具，游客只能选择步行，租用脚踏车或是马车于岛上来回穿梭。

11月的土耳其是冬天，我们在冷飕飕的冬风中，度过了宁静的一天。

号外：中国实景节目“花样姐姐”有到此拍摄哦~

（哇靠，今天的文笔出奇的棒耶！）

There are 9 islands in the Princes' Islands group(locals refer them as Adalar), and we visited the largest island "Buyukada". Today, you can't find any princes living on this island, but this is the place Istanbullus spend their summer at. The unique part of this island is that, motorized vehicles are prohibited on these islands, visitors can explore the island by foot, or riding a bicycle or in horse-drawn phaeton carriages. We had a peaceful day in Buyukada during the winter.

如何从伊斯坦堡（欧洲区）抵达Buyukada岛？

从Kabatas码头乘船即可，我们选择了Sehir Hatlari公司的快船（5里拉）。

注意哦，冬季的船次比较少，所以出发前记得先在网上查看时间表哦！

How to reach Buyukada from the European side of Istanbul?

Took the ferry from Kabatas pier, we picked the ferry run by Sehir Hatlari(5 Turkish Lira)

Please note that, there is less ferries running between Istanbul and Adalar during the winter, so to be safe, check the timetable online before your departure.

按此链接查询时间表。You can check the timetable by clicking the link given as below:

Sehir Hatlari

话说，我有两个遗憾：

遗憾一，当天的我有点不舒服，所以乘船的一小时里，没有到甲板上拍马马拉沿海的风景照，错过了捕捉少女塔倩影的机会。

遗憾二，选择了王子群岛，错过了乘搭Bophorus Cruise的机会。遗憾啊~~~逗留在此的时间好短。

My Istanbul trip wasn't complete, because:

1) I was abit sick during the journey to Buyukada, so I didn't went to the deck and took pictures of Maiden Tower and Marmara Sea.

2) I picked the Adalar and give up Bophorus Cruise. 

I should spend more time in this beautiful city. Want to revisit this beautiful country badly.

好啦，照片时刻到！Pictures time!!

土男都很厉害，可以这样拿着simit于人群中来回走动。

This is how they sell Simit on the ferry.

这照片真梦幻，就像处于童话世界中。

Am I walking in dreamland?

租个马车不便宜，价钱如下：

短程（30分钟）：75里拉
长程（45分钟）：90里拉

Rent the fayton near the clock tower square

Short course (30 minutes): 75 Turkish Lira

Long course (45 minutes): 90 Turkish Lira

 话说，坐在马车上看似很优雅，事实上马粪的味道真的有够晕~

Looks elegant sitting on the fayton, but the smell of horse' shit is killing me.

很多女生来到这里都会买个花圈，GoMitty也败了一个。

拍照萌萌哒！

Girls visiting Adalar will buy flower headband from the stall, so do I.
Am I looking good in it?

我在Buyukada岛上找到了一家百年药剂店。

Found a hundreds year old pharmacy store in Buyukada.

Benzylpenicillin 5MU(Antique!!!)
古董啊！

身为药剂师的GoMitty当然和她拍照啦！

我身后所展示的都是一些百年老妖，是药啦！

GoMitty is a pharmacist so I won't miss the opportunity to take picture with it.
I should had interviewed the pharmacist working in the shop,
to find out more about the pharmacy system in Turkey.

我向这位风景画家购买一个他自绘的冰箱磁铁（5里拉）

Bought a nice self-painted magnet from this artist at 5 Turkish Lira.

水果档
真想吃完这些颜色鲜美的水果

Fruit stall selling fresh fruits.
Ain't it colorful?

夕阳照射下的公园，格外漂亮

Rays of sunlight between the trees in Luna Park.

这里的别墅真的很漂亮。

Wooden villas lie along the road.

真希望可以和我爱的人慢走在这个宁静的街道上

Brief walking on this quiet lane with the love one. *dreaming*

我们在岛上轻松游玩几个小时后，便乘搭7点钟的船回到伊斯坦堡。如果你带在伊斯坦堡的天数很多，我推荐你来王子群岛走走。不然你也可以到Bursa一日游。（我没去过，不过从照片上看，那里很美。）

重新选择的话，我会希望和我的爱人手牵着手在冬季里享受Buyukada的宁静。

We spent few hours relax at this little island and took the 7pm ferry back to Istanbul. Will I recommend Adalar? Yes, if you have more time(maybe 5 days) in Istanbul, you can visit both Buyukada and Heybeliada islands in 1 day; else you can have a day trip to Bursa(I didn't went there, but Bursa looks serene from pictures). 

下一篇：土耳其伊斯坦堡的重头戏，蓝色大教堂和圣索菲亚大教堂

Next up: Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia