'Not bad!': Istanbulites swimming between continents

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Istanbul, a bustling megalopolis of 16 million people between two continents and two seas, does not immediately bring to mind images of a beach resort.

But just like the locals of New York, Beirut and a handful of other global cities, Istanbulites can swim all summer long and return home on the metro with sand trapped under their sandals and salt layering their skin."Now, of course, you have buildings everywhere. The coastline has changed. We all now live on top of each other, in a way."AFP | Ozan KOSE

Istanbul has 85 accessible beaches or bathing spots between the Black Sea in the north, the Sea of Marmara in the south and the Bosphorus Strait in between.

 

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