Hotel Aslan Istanbul
Akbiyik Caddesi 75, Sultanahmet (formerly Istanbul, 34400, Turkey
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Completing the circle, back to Istanbul
Up this morning at 5:30 AM to have breakfast and head to the airport for our flight to Istanbul. We checked back into the Golden Horn Hotel, not a favourite of ours on the first night we stayed there. This time they upgraded us to a deluxe room that was magnificent! The room is on the top floor of the hotel with great views from the windows, …
Ottoman beginnings...
Greetings from Istanbul! After a semi-long and uneventful Air France flight to Istanbul (via Paris) (during which Bianca has now become obsessed with Twilight and I enjoyed Quantum of Solace) we arrived unscathed at Ataturk International Airport. We are staying in Sultanahmet (or "old town" I guess) at a little hotel called Apricot run by a nice …
Initial thoughts
I entered Turkey on Oct. 13. More than two weeks later, and a year older, I am admittedly still a complete novice at navigating this country. But I can also talk with some confidence about what makes Turkey such a magnetic country. When I first considered travelling here it seemed like a rather exotic place. Goofy name, Muslim populace, a history I …
Turkeys Fly to Istanbul - in style!
I'll keep this short - but did want to post and let everyone know we arrived safely in Istanbul. Turkish Air was amazing! More leg room than most flights get in first class, and then good food AND good in-flight entertainment options. I choose learning how to count in Turkish. I still don't get it... Anyways it was pouring rain - but the good news …
Shopped until we dropped!
First Full Day in Istanbul We woke up this morning to the call for prayer at the Blue Mosque. Then we promptly fell back asleep. We didn't really get moving until nearly 9 am. Our beds here are a little hard, but we were so tired I think we would have slept on a cement slab! Morganne and Jeff had both fallen asleep before I had finished my blog. …
This hotel was formerly known as: Apricot Hotel


