The Galata and Besiktas districts of Istanbul looking west-south-west from a high vantage point in Uskudar on the opposite side of the Bosphorus, Turkey. Uskudar is in the foreground. The former Ciragan Palace is by the water's edge on the right asnd the Dolmabahce Palace is in the centre. The Galata Kulesi (Galata Tower) is on the skyline on the left.