Hotel Ida Istanbul
Cankurtaran Mah. Akbiyik Caddesi No 31 Istanbul, 34400, Turkey
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Live from the City of Mosques
A preamble before I get started:
Up to this point in our trip our blog entries have been co-written by the two of us, with both of us experiencing our destinations for the first time. Turkey has been a bit different as Shane was here a few years ago and has been familiar with much of what the country has to offer. My senses on the other …
Backtracking almost 3000 km to the Blue Mosque
Before heading east towards China, we first had to go south for a quick one night pit stop in one of our favourite cities, Istanbul. After eating meat-and-potatoes-type cuisine for so long, our first order of business once on the ground in Istanbul was to gobble down a couple doner kebabs – we've had a massive craving for a good kebab ever …
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1) Don't follow Marcin into a bathroom....
... t know if that’s true but it wouldn’t surprise me. After that and three passport checks they wanted to check our bike documents. They noticed, quite rightly that we didn’t have “green card” insurance beyond Europe. Marcin argued that he did and was insured all the way to Mars and I asked what would happen if we promised to drive really, really carefully. They seemed very friendly after a quick chat and a joke and said they’d turn a blind eye ...
Day 4
We didn't make it to the Black Sea today. We decided to wander around the historic core of Istanbul - close to our hotel.
Our first stop was the Hippodrome. This was built in the 4th century AD to as a place to race chariots. None of the original seating remains but there are 3 very interesting columns there. The first is the Egyptian Obelisk. It was built around 1500 B C..in Egypt. All that remains is the top ...
How Bazaar
... column and two columns with Medusa heads as columns.
Leaving the cistern, we stopped at a non-descript column by the side of the road. The Million Stone was put in the center the city and distances to all corners of the Byzantine Empire were once measured starting from this point. We continued up Divan Yolu to the Constantine or Burnt Column and turned toward the Grand Bazaar--our next stopping point.
Not being big shoppers, we wandered the Grand Bazaar for ...
This boutique hotel was formerly known as: Ida Hotel Istanbul


