Dedeman Istanbul

Back in Istanbul for a ...

... in all... except there are 3 cruise ships in the harbour and that means thousands of additional tourists roaming around Old Istanbul. It was extremely crowded. By this time, everyone is exhausted from the walking, the heat, and the smell of feet and ...

... the exit and people got out of the bus, right then and there and crossed the exit ramp to safety.  Weird... Istanbul is massive.  Not only massive, it's vast, wide, sprawling, humongous, pick your favourite adjective for hugely large.  ...

been a great 8 days here in turkey  Instanbul is very safe and the people most friendly. Blue mosque, cruisen up the bosphorus up to the black sea,explore a medival castle & then stopping for lunch looking back at the city, the city ferry ...

... ; GPJ absorbed its contents and declared..."I'd rather go to Syria than Turkey".  I was a bit astounded, planning for our trip to Istanbul and Cappadocia was well advanced.  "We could do both" I suggested and got a "hmmm.." in reply.  On ...

... "Toto Tours." Huh? The transfer was not booked in the name of Toto Tours. It turns out that our guide, Atilla, who lives in Istanbul, had flown in around 2pm and had arranged for a van to take us all to the hotel together! We’re thrilled, and use ...

... Mosque, lack domes and have perpendicular walls. Konya is a better organized version of the Eminonu Municipality of Istanbul. I like etliekmek (similar to Turkish pizza) and sacarasi. Dislike firin kebap (tandir) and hosmerim. (desert made ...

... the entire region of Southeastern Turkey. This is just too much. What happens in Diyarbakir should be contained in Diyarbakir. Sometimes, even in Istanbul, I do not feel as safe as I have in Urfa. I shared a room with Tony at Hotel Ugur for 15 YTL. ...