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will make a gastronomic hub for the city. Galataport - pathetic.
During one walk through, we spotted a Pop- Galataport was designed to meet the
eye’s Chicken restaurant. After three months needs of every class of cruise ship. Passport
in Europe, that sounded very tasty to us. control services and operations are entirely
The complex was mostly underground. A system of
deserted when our ship ar- 10-foot-high massive steel
rived at dawn. Did they walls rises only when a ship
build it and no one came, is in port and funnel cruise
we wondered? We won- ship passengers through ar-
dered no more that evening rival, a shopping mall and
as we watched hundreds of into the city. The facility
locals and tourists dining also has underground park-
and strolling along the ing for 2,400 vehicles and
promenade. The place was an underground bus termi-
happening late into the nal for tour buses.
evening. One problem for cruise
The scope and ambition passengers is the massive
of a project like this would size of the complex. Walks
be undoable in our home- underground is long, espe-
town of San Diego. Too cially if you’re dragging suit-
many hoops, and not cases. Thankfully, signage is
enough vision. Our cruise good and an army of helpers
terminal is primitive, and when compared to is on hand to guide and answer questions.
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