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Constantinople has history

A travel blog entry by c.i.222

... was originally located in Delphi, but moved to Costantinople by Constantine I in 324. It is believed to be 2486 years old, and many ancient literature mentions it. There were two heads; one of them is missing, and the other is displayed at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.

The Grand Bazaar is the worlds largest and oldest covered markets in the world with ...

Istanbul: Brilliance of Ramadan and Iftar

A travel blog entry by chiapoe

... three major segments of land by the Golden Horn and the mighty and wide Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. Europe lies to the west of the Bosphorus and Asia lies to the East. This is the only city that I know of that straddles two continents. Sultanahmet and all of the Old City sites are south of the Golden Horn on the European side.

My second trip to Turkey, I ...

Let's Talk Turkey

A travel blog entry by turner72

... muffling as the Hagia Sophia at the time, which means I'm especially ill equipped to try to now. So yes, pictures.

We left the Hagia Sophia and strolled over to the Roman cisterns which at one time provided reserve fresh water for the European side of Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul. Now in Israel the general rule was that after you've seen half a dozen cisterns it's kinda hard for the next beplastered hole in the ground to ...

Istanbul revisited: the crossroad of Europe & Asia

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

... roughened and dried by the heavy labour, so a hamam – a traditional Turkish bathhouse – was our first port of call. The S�leimaniye hamam, unlike truly traditional hamams, allowed men and women to bathe together, but its place in history as the Sixteenth Century bathhouse of S�leiman the Magnificent gave it a certain magical quality that we felt somehow out-weighed much of its inauthenticity.

A little sign in a nondescript side-street behind the elegant ...

Turkish Delight

A travel blog entry by farnie10

... plinths came from ruined buildings, and this is demonstrated clearly by two columns which sit on stone heads. These Medusa heads rest upside down and on their side, and no one knows why.

Istanbul was a really amazing place. I'd even go so far as to say it is probably the most beautiful city I have seen in my life. I'm sure the imacculate weather played it's part in this verdict, but even without that I think Istanbul is a place that should be on everyone's bucket ...