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A Sunday in Istanbul

A travel blog entry by lifeasanomad

random pictures from a sunday afternoon/evening in istanbul...my favorite city in the world!

restaurant suggestions:

Leb i derya: two locations with amazing views of the Bosphorus, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace (and an excellent risotto of course)
http://www.lebiderya.com/

Develi: amazing Turkish …

Finding our way to Istanbul

A travel blog entry by shaanandkate

... spent some time trying to figure out Istanbul.

We walked across the Galata Bridge, which was beautiful and afforded panoramic views of the city, and found our way to the Egyptian Bazaar (aka Spice Market). While there, Katie realized that Shaan had some debris on the back of his shirt -- in all honesty, likely pigeon poop. Yikes! Good luck right? We cleaned it off and continued our exploration.

We walked around the Grand Bazaar a bit before ...

Lots of fun in Istanbul

A travel blog entry by possum1

... different flavours, though I'm sure it would taste better coated in chocolate! There are heaps of stores around the city selling hundreds of varieties of Turkish Delight – there are ones with different nuts, ones that come in a log… so many! They also sell lots of yummy little pastries like Baklava and similar ones. Then we had dinner together, where we met the 14 new people! They are all girls, except for one guy from South Korea. They all introduced ...

"Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?"

A travel blog entry by jvrk

... we went off to find Istiklal Street and opted to take the tram that is right outside our hotel for 2 T.L., it was also another great way to see the area. We stopped at the Karakoy stop after going over the Galata Bridge. We then walked up the highest, steepest steps to the base of the Galata Tower (we didn't go in), then we found our way through the narrow streets to Istiklal Street. It was a very wide street with lots of ...

Day 101 - Istanbul

A travel blog entry by euro101

... piece she liked was still 500 Turkish Lira (about NZ$350).

We managed to make it out of the shop without spending any money, and relaxed in the hotel before getting ready to head out to a Turkish dancing show. On our way, Sarah was highly unimpressed to be stopped by her creepy mate from last night. He crossed the road, gave her a high five, asked if she remembered him, said he had really missed her and then gave her a very unwelcome kiss. We know he means no ...