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Travel in Istanbul

http://travelinistanbul.wordpress.com/

My personal travel blog about Istanbul's attractions, monuments, streets and culture, to make you feel more than a tourist in Istanbul…

Added on: Oct 16th, 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: Travel in Istanbul
Listed in: Travel Europe
Tags: Istanbul topkapi palace istanbul hotel istanbul restaurants sultanhamet mosque istanbul attractions

Recent Posts

The Spoonmaker’s Diamond in the Topkapi Palace

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 06:21 in Diamond, Istanbul, topkapi palace, attractions and monuments, spoonmaker's diamond

The Spoonmaker's Diamond in the Topkapi Palace The story I’d like to tell you now is the story of the Spoonmaker’s Diamond (Turkish: Kaşıkçı Elması), the pride of the Topkapi Palace Museum. Although the Imperial Treasury is full...
The Spice Bazaar of Istanbul: a temple of taste

Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 07:07 in Istanbul, tastes, eating and drinking, spice bazaar, capital of tastes, istanbul's markets, markets of istanbul, spices and fruits

Spice Bazaar Istanbul, which seduces on even a brief stay, is now beginning to emerge as a “capital of tastes“. Its culinary richness is probably due to the role the city played in the time of the Eastern Roman Empire first, when it was t...
A quick look at the city of Istanbul

Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 05:45 in Istanbul, blue mosque, hippodrome, haghia sophia, sultanhamet mosque, attractions and monuments, attractions in istanbul

Today I’d like to suggest you a quick look at the city of Istanbul with this brief video. I’s a good travel guide through some of the most beautiful attractions in Istanbul, providing you with a dive into the history of Haghia Sophia, bu...
3 days in Istanbul: what to see

Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 02:17 in Istanbul, iznik, topkapi palace, istiklal, galata tower, yerebatan sarnıcı, sultanhamet mosque, attractions and monuments, 3 days in istanbul, gran bazaar, sokollu mehmet pasa mosque

Sultanahmet Mosque in Istanbul Nowadays we’re getting used to short and low budget holidays and the “3 days formula” is becoming the most used to visit a city or take a weekend off. So I decided to start a mini guide collecting usef...
Blog Action Day: fight the climate change!

Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 08:03 in climate change, miscellaneous, blog action day, travel in istanbul

Fight the Climate Change and protect our Earth! Travel in Istanbul is proud to join the Blog Action Day ,the annual event held every October 15 that invites the world’s bloggers in publishing blogs, podcasts, and videocasts on an issue of global ...
The Yerebatan sarnıcı

Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 03:19 in Istanbul, yerebatan sarnıcı, attractions and monuments, yerebatan sarnıcı in istanbul

The Yerebatan sarnıcı in Istanbul This is what I found going down in the The Yerebatan sarnıcı (or Basilica Cistern) in Istanbul, just in front of the Hagia Sophia. I’m sorry for the quality of this image, it’s the best I could with t...