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You will be Turkish-ly-delighted to be in this city, a magical city standing in between Asia and Europe and this is a city where you will surely make the mosque of your time totally worth it.
The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great wanted to build a city on seven hills to match the seven hills of Rome, then he named the city after him to which later the city took its name Turkey.
Iznik tiles are a special type of artisan tiles which goes all the way back to the 8 or 9th centuries. To be able to witness such a rare skill would be a quite fascinating experience, Due to machinery large scale productions this century old tradition is only being done by only a handful.
Istanbul Bazar will definitely make you spend a bit on the nicest artisan products like Rugs and Scarfs, Coffee (Türk Kahvesi) and Spices, Watches and Leather Handbags and Traditional Turkish delights, whilst you won’t be able to buy authentic products online this would give a fairly good reason for a visit.
A typical Turkish brekky is a feast, a few more notable foodie delights are the variety of Kebabs, Künefe to Baklava, Mantı, Raki & Fish. Turkish food comes in the form of an art, recipes from generations to generations, so one should definitely set aside fast food and enjoy some proper food while here.
The ambience of this city’s first luxury hotel Pera Palace (hint: room 411) has inspired Agatha Christie’s famous novel “Murder on the Orient Express”, so it seems that this magical city will surely inspire you to be on top of your creativity too?
As we said before this city of Turkey has a sense of magic (pretty sure Aladine’s flying rug is also from the Bazaar) to almost everything they do, definitely should be on your bucket list to cross as done.
The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great wanted to build a city on seven hills to match the seven hills of Rome, then he named the city after him to which later the city took its name Turkey.
Iznik tiles are a special type of artisan tiles which goes all the way back to the 8 or 9th centuries. To be able to witness such a rare skill would be a quite fascinating experience, Due to machinery large scale productions this century old tradition is only being done by only a handful.
Istanbul Bazar will definitely make you spend a bit on the nicest artisan products like Rugs and Scarfs, Coffee (Türk Kahvesi) and Spices, Watches and Leather Handbags and Traditional Turkish delights, whilst you won’t be able to buy authentic products online this would give a fairly good reason for a visit.
A typical Turkish brekky is a feast, a few more notable foodie delights are the variety of Kebabs, Künefe to Baklava, Mantı, Raki & Fish. Turkish food comes in the form of an art, recipes from generations to generations, so one should definitely set aside fast food and enjoy some proper food while here.
The ambience of this city’s first luxury hotel Pera Palace (hint: room 411) has inspired Agatha Christie’s famous novel “Murder on the Orient Express”, so it seems that this magical city will surely inspire you to be on top of your creativity too?
As we said before this city of Turkey has a sense of magic (pretty sure Aladine’s flying rug is also from the Bazaar) to almost everything they do, definitely should be on your bucket list to cross as done.
