Golden Hill Istanbul
Millet Cad No 104, Findikzadi Istanbul, 34093, Turkey
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July 18th
A trip to Nevsehir would not be complete without a visit to the 4000 year old Underground_City. After Christianity spread these cities, originally built for storage by the previous residents, were greatly expanded to include a network of 100 cities connected via tunnels between them. We left the hotel and drove to the underground city, passing …
July 19th
We were late risers today. We did not get on the bus until 8:30 am. Through very busy weekend traffic we made our way to the Dolmabahce Palace. Built in the latter part of the 19th Century as the Ottoman Empire was headed toward destruction, this palace has an incomparable opulence. One wonders what may have happened to the Empire if they had not …
July 20th
We began our day at the offices of Zaman (Times in Turkish) newspaper. It is a national newspaper with the largest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey; 800,000 copies each day. Zaman also publishes a weekly news magazine like Newsweek and runs a news service. It also publishes an edition of their newspaper in 6 languages around the world. We met …
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Istanbul Part 2: Hamam?
... got a seperate massage and also included chiropractic techniques! After we both finished, we exited at our seperate exits and quickly discussed our experiences. We both really enjoyed the Hamam, it is something everyone should experience! We went back to the hostel for lunch. We decided to treat ourselves to Starbucks, its been two months and we miss familiar coffee! This is where we are now, I'm writing the blog as Tyler reads the Asia travel book. Goodbye Turkey and Singapore here we ...
Turkey, Battles and Tours
... at the Adora Hotel and a tour guide, Walking Tours in Turkey, for our tour of the city of Istanbul and of Gallipoli. Driving to Ephesus was also on our brief itinerary, but we figured finalising our details for getting there could wait till we had our feet on the ground and were feeling rested.
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