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Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions. Now, I would appreciate recommendations for Sultanahmet area hotels. Prices - within USD $100.00 (or less!) range for a room sleeping 4 people. I have looked up Blue Hills hotel and Hotel Petrol and they both look reasonable. Please, please provide me any information or comments you have for those two hotels urgently since I will be travelling soon.
Thanks and have a pleasant holiday.
Hi, I know the 2 hotels and their location.Both in sultanahmet.I never stayed there but I had a look on internet.Blue hills seems to have bigger rooms.Try this one:
http://www.hotelalaturka.com/
Hotels in sultanahmet are a little bit expensive, do you really want to stay there? Or just close to?
Try the Side in Sultanahmet
I don't agree with side in utangaç sk, it is expensive for what it is.hotels rooms are dark , but very clean, no view from the windows, breakfast is very poor.The apt are in the basement and not sheap.Beside all this , the staff is very nice except one: the night receptionnist.Internet is not free when it is in all hotels.
Beside (almost) the Grand Bazaar is my favorite place of stay in Istanbul, superb cleanliness, friendly but not bothersome, and at a quiet street - www.hotelinteristanbul.com
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/a4c2f/bf0/3/
Have fun!
www.4floorsistanbul.com by interior designer ....Perfect friendly service ,feel@home..
Taksim Square (Taksim Meydani) is a big, livley square in Beyoglu. It is a meetingplace in the northeastern end of Istiklal Caddesi.
Here you find an Atatürk statue - a must in every Turkish city. Buses are leaving from the square to many places in Istanbul.
Turkish For Travelers
Hello: Merhaba
Goodbye: Allahaismarladik (said by the person leaving)// Gule Gule (Said by the person seeing his/her friend off)
Good morning: Gunaydin
Good evening: Iyi Aksamlar
Good night: Iyi Geceler
How are you?: Nasilsiniz?
I am well: Iyiyim
Yes: Evet
No: Hayir
Please: Lutfen
Thank You: Tesekkur ederim or Mersi
There is: Var
There is not: Yok both expressions used to express availability or lack thereof respectively
I want...: (object) + istiyorum
Expressions of Time
When?: Ne zaman?
Yesterday: Dun
Today: Bugun
Tomorrow: Yarin
Morning: Sabah
Afternoon: Ogleden sonra
Evening: Aksam
Night: Gece
One hour: Bir saat
What is the time?: Saat kac?
At what time? Saat kacta?
Travel Terms
Airport: Hava alani
Port: Liman
Town Center: Sehir merkezi
Where is it?: Nerede?
Is it far?: Uzak mi?
Be careful!: Dikkatli ol!
Tourism Bureau: Turizm burosu
A good hotel: Iyi bir otel
A restaurant: Bir lokanta
Hospital: Hastahane
Helpful vocabulary// Hotel & Restaurant
A room: Bir oda
A room with a view: Manzarali bir oda
Bed: Yatak
Restroom: Banyo
Two people: Iki kisi
The bill: Hesap Water: Su
Mineral Water: Maden suyu
Milk: Sut
Tea: Cay
Coffee: Kahve
Sugar: Seker
Breakfast: Kahvalti
Fruit juice: Meyva suyu
Wine: Sarap
Beer: Bira
Ice: Buz
Bread: Ekmek
Rice: Pilav
Chicken: Pilic/ Tavuk
Fish: Balik
Meat: Et
Mutton: Koyun eti
Lamb: Kuzu eti
Beef: Sigir eti
Veal: Dana eti
Shopping
Shopping center: Carsi
Grocery store: supermarket
Pharmacy: eczane
How much is this?: Bu ne kadar?
It is expensive: Bu pahli
It is cheap: Bu ucuz
I like it: Begendim
I don't like it: Begenmedim
Bank: Banka
Cash machine: Bankamatik
MANY PLACES IN TURKEY WHERE WE CAN ENJOY OUR TIME IN SKIING .
SPECIAL PLACES&AREAS TO HAVE TOURIST & SPORT TIME .
IN OLODAG/BORSA WE CAN SEE THE SNOW 178 DAYS /YEAR.WE CAN ALSO ENJOY THE NIGHTLIFE THER.
15 HOTELS.CAMPING AREA,DISCOS,RESTAURANTS.
Fortress of Europe, Rumeli Hisari. This features in guide books, but because it doesn't have a ferry terminal, frequently missed out on the Bospherous cruises. Fantastic location at the narrowest point of the Bospherous, this deeply impressive fortress was built in just 4 months. Hardly used for its original intention, much remains as it was, with the exception of the obvious restoration and landscaping of the interior gardens (controlled wilderness - welcome shady resting areas from the heat and the quite difficult clambering about on the castle walls). Three or four very nice restaurants/cafes along the shores of the Bospherous make this quite a sedate 'day out' away from the excesses of the more obvious tourist jaunts. Not the easiest place to get to - in the end, a taxi was simplest ($10) and a long (one hour to Otokoy market) but enjoyable walk back all along the shoreline.
First of all be sure you are shopping in a place where they don't have fixed prices (tags)! ... :) ... That's where you can bargain!
Second: decide for yourself what would you like to buy.
3rd: decide how much you are willing to pay for that! Well that's really funny sometimes! Because the price sometimes can fall ten times less then initial.
technigues:
Do not show your interest for the item you are interested in, ask for someting else instead, and again, and again something else. ... stop... know you can ask about your item... the price should be already smaller. Now start asking about that item, ask, ask, ask... But do not show your interes. At this time price should be even smaller! Look at the item, analise it, and... make a step like you are going away... Now the fun starts! With your first step price became smaller, look at the seller, and make the 2nd step... and go on untill you will hear the last price... And it still can be not the last price!
Another tip: try this when you don't want to buy anything, just for fun, and you will learn the real price of the item. Next time try again in some other place. After that you can buy it!
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