Orka Royal Hotel Istanbul

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Loving Istanbul

A travel blog entry by kerry.mundy

Up early to beat the queue for the Hagia Sophia but no such luck. Fortunately, we had already purchased tickets so our queue wasn't too bad. Inside the mosque which is now a museum is quite amazing. It was constructed by Emperor Justinian for the eastern Roman Empire during the Byzantine Age. It was originally a church for 916 years then when the …

Turkish delight in Istanbul

A travel blog entry by rjbitcheno

Hi from the land of minarets, meuzzins and markets!!

When we arrived at Ataturk Airport we weren't sure whether we would be met by shuttle from hotel or have to make our own way. To our surprise and delight there was a sign with Jon's name on it so that was great. Orka Royal Hotel is right in the old town and so handy for everything.
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Where East meets West

A travel blog entry by pollies

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My main purpose in coming to Turkey was to visit Gallipoli but I also wanted to explore the historical city of Istanbul to better understand the role this city played in world events over a long period of time.

One look at the map will show why Istanbul is so important. The narrow straits of the Bosporus separate Asia from …

Ascuns dupa nas grec

A travel blog entry by fr.imobiliara

Se spune despre noi ca suntem balcanici si fanarioti.

Rectific, noi spunem despre noi, mai ales atunci cand vrem sa scoatem in evidenta tarele complexei noastre societati, noi deci, spunem ca suntem balcanici si fanarioti. Suntem fanarioti in dezvoltarea urbana, in organizarea infrastructurii, in obiceiurile constructorilor si in tot ce e …

Toque Please, We be in Istanbul

A travel blog entry by asheevk

... they do the crossing to America, so we wanted to go out and have a great time! We had missed the last shuttle bus for the evening and took a cab back to the ship... This was a very interesting experience, similar to our Egypt cab experience but with a taxi driver who spoke basically no English. He did get us back to the ship in one piece, but dropped us off at the Costa part of the port so we had a bit of a walk to our side of the port. It wasn't a big deal though because ...

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