Otel Surucu Istanbul

Fatma Sultan Mahallesi Karatay Sk. No:14/3, Kaleici Topkapi Istanbul, Turkey

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I suck at Sightseeing

A travel blog entry by joaopisco

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... se manifestamente insuficiente para conseguir picar todas as atracções de um lonely planet quase nunca consultado.
“É hoje que vamos ao palácio?”, muitas vezes a pergunta do dia...seguido da resposta do dia “Sim” (pequenina e directamente proporcional ao impacto que cria a seco: pouco, nenhum). O palácio é a 30 minutos a pé, do outro lado do rio. Mas há um problema gravíssimo para concretizar esta visita: existem muitas distrações até ...

Diego

A travel blog entry by koppers

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... and going to the hospital to get rabies injections after being scratched by a street cat). Despite the fact that we received at least 100 calls, none of them were productive. In the last couple days, we've scaled our efforts back. We still look for him every day, but not for hours at a time. We still have posters and still will respond to possible sightings, but the number of phone calls has dwindled significantly; days now go by without any calls.

We still ...

The Turkish journey: Welcome to Istanbul!

A travel blog entry by travel.geek

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... browse around the airport to find lunch, surprisingly at that part of the airport there were not much options, they have like Starbucks and stuff while I need heavy food. I managed to settle myself with a turkey sandwich, oily but delicious.

We finally got into the cabin and ready to take off, but only to found out that there were some technical problems that caused the flight 10 min delay. I was ...

Day 3 Istanbul

A travel blog entry by alex_ioana2010

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... boot things, I bought some shorts and shirts. Wanted to see the whirling dervishes at the lodge up there, but it was closed for renovations.

Evening: Had our usual hammam/swim before dinner. This time we used these hand scrubber things which are supposed to remove all the dead skin from the top layer. Pretty gross in action (it does what it says on the packet). Walking around looking for a place to have dinner, a sign for a whirling dervish show. The guy convinced us ...

Istanbul day 5

A travel blog entry by sime

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... checkout some groovy areas. Back to apartment, the TV gets some English speaking channels – watch the start of the Royal Wedding. Walk down to Tunel and take funicular down to Karakoy tram stop. Take tram to old city, then walk to Topkapi Palace, tickets are TL20 each. Its beautiful but there’s way too many people and school groups. Tram and walk back to apartment, late lunch at restaurant across ...