Flight Istanbul-Madrid. Over Turkey, Greece and Italy

About 40 minutes after my arrival from Yekaterinburg to Istanbul Ataturk airport, the flight to Madrid begins boarding. It is the middle of the day, the busiest time of the airport, and there are not enough landing galleries, of course, many planes are loaded in the "clear field".

Flight Istanbul-Madrid. The Ataturk airport

The Istanbul-Madrid route is flown by Boeing 737s, of which Turkish airlines has about 130 units - the most mass-produced aircraft in the company. And in the world, too. Turkish aircraft, in addition to standard flight numbers, also have their own names. These are usually Turkish place names. Today, the flight is operated by "Kanlica" - the name of one of the districts of Istanbul.

Flight Istanbul-Madrid. The Ataturk airport

After a contented long taxiing and waiting in line for takeoff, we are finally in the air.

Flight Istanbul-Madrid. Above Istanbul

Above Greater Istanbul, which stretches West from the Bosphorus for almost 30 kilometers.

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Mountains of North-Eastern Greece.

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Pikrolimni lake (Bitter lake) 30 km to the North from Thessaloniki. The peculiar color of the water is due to its record salt content, which is three times higher than the Dead sea's salinity. At the beginning of the last century, there was a well-known mud Spa, but today few people know about it.

Lake Pikrolimni. View from the plane

The valley of the Vardar river, which originates in Macedonia. The Macedonian part of the river runs between mountains, and in Greece the Vardar flows through a fertile plain.

Greece. The valley of the Vardar river. View from the plane

Petron and Vegoritis lakes, located at an altitude of 560 and 540 meters, respectively. From the upper lake, a small river carries water to the lower one.

Petron and Vegoritis lakes. View from the plane

The lakes are of tectonic origin - they are craters of ancient volcanoes. Both lakes are freshwater, but the color of the water in them is very different.

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Lake Ohrid, Prespa and Mikri Prespa.

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Reservoir Kasari shape looks like a plane with short wings.

Albania, a view from an airplane. Reservoir Kasari

Counter course.

Flight Istanbul-Madrid. Counter course

Lakes in the Belche area.

Albania, a view from an airplane. Lakes in the district of Belshe

Karavasta lagoon, the largest in Albania.

Karavasta lagoon, view from an airplane

The lagoon and surrounding areas have been declared a national Park.

Karavasta lagoon, view from an airplane

After crossing the Adriatic sea, we cross the Eastern coastline of the Apennine Peninsula over the town of Mola di Bari.

Mola di Bari, view from the plane

A little to the East is the city of Bari, the capital of the Apulia region, a place of pilgrimage to the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. In General, the city is not included in the traditional tourist routes, the pilgrims are mostly from Russia.

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The Island Of Sardinia.

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The Island Of Tavolara.

The Island Of Tavolara. View from the plane