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Saffettin Pasa Sok. No:18, Sirkeci, Istanbul, 34110, Turkey
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Hello everyone
I plan to live in Hotel Royal when attending an academic conference at Bahcesehir University, Besiktas campus. Is public transportation reasonably convenient between these two locations? Is it possible to take the metro?
How about transportation from the airport (Ataturk International) to the hotel? Any advice?
I am afraid to get lost since it is the first time in Turkey and I don't speak the local language...
Hi there,
Hotel Royal located in Aksaray,the Golden Horn District.Bahcesehir is located very central by the seaside in Besiktas.I wish there are hotels close by that i can recommend nearby.There are hotels but they are slightly expensive.I am not sure if there is direct bus from Aksaray to Besiktas,but must be ones to Taksim.As long as you reach Taksim,you can find plently of options to Besiktas.
Option 1 Aksaray-Kabatas finukular /Kabatas-Besiktas public bus
Option 2 Aksaray-Taksim public bus /Taksim-Besiktas public bus or dolmus.
Hope it helps :)
i draw a map for you. you can download it from following link.
http://rapidshare.com/files/341320806/besiktas.jpg.html
on the map you can see your hotel. from your hotel to kabatas there is a train route. i draw it with purple line. this train called tramvay. it is very common transportation for tourists. last station is kabatas. but be carefull some trains' last station is eminonu. top of the train you can see last station. i think it takes 15-20 minutes to reach kabatas.
from kabatas to bahcesehir university, you can take a taxi, public bus or your foot. taxi will cost you aprx. 3 euros. public bus 1€. or you can walk to the besiktas. it takes 15minutes. besiktas is at the another side of dolmabahce palace. (you can see palace on the map)
For the transportation from airport to your hotel. you can use metro to the aksaray. first station of metro is ataturk airport and last station is aksaray. after metro you should use *tranvay. (same line from your hotel to university). after metro ask for tramvay. aksaray metro station to aksaray tranvay station is 5 minutes on foot. or you can take a taxi, if driver is good man than you will pay aprox. 5€ :D.
aksaray tramvay station called "yusufpasha". you should get in to train from yusufpasha to the sultanahmet station.
i hope it helps you.
Thanks for the detailed and very helpful replies. You guys helped me feel much more relaxed about my trip.
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Dont be relaxed early. Your hotel is on the other side of Istanbul. The distance is like Sigapor and Honkong. All your valuable time will be on tram and walking to Bahceseir from the last tram stop at Kabatash. On the other hand you will walk from the hotel to first tram stop neartest to your hotel. Unfortuately there is no buget hotels around Besiktash or Ortakoy. I advice you to stay at Dedeman or in Taksim.
Sirvictor, it takes max. 1 hour if you walk after tramvay. it is not too far.
take a ferry ride to the Asian side at night. You can admire the sunset while sipping tea, before catching the ferry back to Europe (or not...if you happen to be lucky enough to be staying on the Asian side, like I was!). More sunsets in my travelogue
The Grand Bazaar Beware of tour operators. They will take you to the market and leave you there, attacked by rug sellers that will kill you to get you to buy something. The tour operators get a comission, so they want you to buy.
Bargaining: As in many, countries (especially in the Middle East) prices are not fixed in many cases. Most of the prices (esp. in bazaars) are set high and are negotiable. Bargaining is expected. If negotiating a price, ask the merchant his price, then work from there. Some people have said to offer a price 50% of what the merchant is asking and work from there. I'm not sure about this, it is best to use your judgement. If you are not getting the price you want, leave. Merchants will often (but not always) lower their price at this point to ensure a sale. Bargaining is a skill that requires patience, practice, and sometimes courage.
I suppose it's a bit ironic to refer to the Rustem Pasa Mosque as being off the beaten path when it's just a short walk from the Spice Bazaar and the busy Galata Bridge. I put it in this category because it's a smaller and lesser-known mosque that attracts far fewer tourists and worshipers than the Blue Mosque or Suleymaniye Mosque.
The Rustem Pasa Mosque was the only mosque we visited where women were required to cover their heads in addition to their knees and shoulders, but this was no big deal because they had scarves outside the entrance that my wife could use. Me? Well, I got to prance around in another skirt because I didn't want to wear long pants in the warm weather that day.
We went to the Rustem Pasa Mosque after reading about it on Tom Brosnahan's extremely informative Turkey Travel Planner web site and we did not regret it. This relatively small mosque was built in 1561 by the renowned architect Sinan for the son-in-law of and grand vizier to Sulieyman I. Despite its small size, the Rustem Masa Mosque is nevertheless famous because the magnificent blanket of high quality Iznik tiles adorning its interior is umatched by any other mosque in the city.
A word of caution though: On a map it looks like finding the Rustem Pasa Mosque would be quite easy. However, you have to navigate a rather confusing maze of narrow walkways to find it. A would-be pickpocket tried to steal something from my wife's backpack in the confines of the alleys, though her vigilance and commanding teacher voice saved us from being victimized.
If you want to taste famous turkish coffee this is the centre of the Real Turkish Coffee.
It is operating for coffee addicted people from 1871.It is in located behind the Spice Market
Until the latter part of the 19th century, coffee beans were sold raw. They were roasted at home and then ground using hand-operated coffee mills. All this changed when Mehmet Efendi inherited his father Hasan Efendi's spice and green coffee bean shop.
Mehmet Efendi was born in 1857 in the Fatih region of Istanbul. Following his education at the Süleymaniye Medresesi (the school attached to the Süleymaniye Mosque complex), Mehmet Efendi began to work in his father's shop on Tahmis Sokak. Mehmet Efendi took over the family business in 1871 and began roasting raw coffee beans, grinding them in mortars and selling roasted and ready-ground Turkish Coffee to his customers. Soon, Tahmis Sokak was filled with the rich aroma of freshly roasted coffee. Thanks to Mehmet Efendi, coffee lovers were able to enjoy the convenience of buying ready roasted and ground coffee, and he soon became known as "Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi", or Mehmet Efendi, vendor of roasted and ground coffee. After Mehmet Efendi's death in 1931, the family business passed to his three sons: Hasan Selahattin Bey, Hulusi Bey and Ahmet Rýza Bey.
The family formally took "Kurukahveci" as their last name in 1934. After Mehmet Efendi passed away, his eldest son Hasan Selahattin (1897-1944) recognized the importance of the international market and resolved to become active abroad. Thus, Turkish Coffee began to be promoted abroad as well as in the domestic market.
In line with the technological developments of the time, Hulusi Bey (1904-1934) introduced mass production and commissioned Zühtü Baþar – one of the leading architects of the period – to design an Art Deco headquarters for the company on the site of the original family shop on Tahmis Sokak. This striking structure remains the company's headquarters to this day. In addition, the company began to package its roasted-ground coffee in parchment paper and to distribute these packages to groceries and corner stores all over the city via automobile. Thus, Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi was responsible for another groundbreaking innovation in Turkey. The company also opened a branch on the famous thoroughfare of Istiklal Caddesi. you can buy turkish coffee and cacao
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