Istanbul Travel Guide

 340 Reviews   Hagia Sofia or “Church of Holy Wisdom” in Greek is a place, where was a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica for nearly 1000 years. The current form church was designed and built in 532 by the Greek scientists Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. At the same place, where Hagia Sofia stands... 

 124 Reviews   Grand market, or, differently, Grand Bazaar could be named as one of oldest and biggest markets in the World. It was planned and constructed in middle of 15th century, when Constantinople was conquered by Turks. The place has about 3000 – 4000 shops in 61 street. Nowadays nearly everything is... 

 296 Reviews   Blue mosque, as I imagine, is one of main landmarks of huge Istanbul, also its minarets could be visible in panoramas that present Turkey, Istanbul, Sultanahmet historical suburb. Actually I was amazed by huge size and both elegant mosque. Blue mosque (or Sultan Ahmet mosque) was constructed in... 

 129 Reviews  Istanbul is city on two continents. There isn't wall to separate both continents but Bosphorus. if you like to look at both continents or both parts of the Istanbul from point of Bosphorus, then take a cruise and prepare cameras for taking many nice pictures. 

 120 Reviews   The palace was built in 1856 to suit needs of Ottoman sultans, so after constructing it sultan moved here leaving old Topkapi palace in Sultanahmet area. The palace in as a symbol of 19th century Ottoman Empire, as it is huge one (having 285 rooms) and already mixed with European style. The... 

 102 Reviews  Included on our coach tour was entry to the Cistern, a vast underground water storage. However due to the long lines of tourists waiting for entry our guide decided to move on and miss this magnificent underground cavern which dates back to the 6th century. We were lucky as we had booked extra days... 

 105 Reviews   Tower was built in 1348 by Genoese colony. It was used mostly for defensive purposes. At the time it was built, it was the highest tower in city. When Istanbul was already Turkish, from 1717 tower was used for spotting fires. Some interesting stories tell that in 17th century few people tested... 

 2 Reviews and 1321 Opinions  I cannot write a glowing enough review of this hotel and I stay in hotels about 35 weeks a year for... 

 13 Reviews  Good local cuisine with lots of option to select and don't forget to try some ayran(Yogurt drink). Good value for money, cozy & friendly environment. Tavuk çorba with Kosh kosh (Chicken Soup with Lentel) Roast Tavuk (Chicken) Mouth watering "Helva and Ceviz Baklawa" 

 27 Reviews  What we know as spices are the roots, buds, bark, berries and some aromatic seeds used in flavouring cooking. Turkish cuisine uses them widely which gives it a special flavour and smell. Typical examples of spices are cloves (buds), cinnamon (bark), turmeric (root), peppercorns (berries), vanilla... 

 26 Reviews   It was nice to see and hear how Muslims pray in real, how they are invited for a pray, how they clear their bodies before pray, bowing at pray time or putting shoes after going out of mosques. Most memorizing thing was the earliest muezzin’s invitation for a pray at about 5 o’clock in the... 

 41 Reviews  I am a blonde haired, green-eyed female who has travelled to Istanbul many times ALONE and have never been scammed or in danger! I am like others who have written in amazement of the naivete of travellers. If you have a little common sense you can avoid scams and traps....it does not take a rocket... 

 29 Reviews   Bosporus cruise probably was the most memorable thing to me in Istanbul, I loved to glance at beautiful surroundings with green hills and nice villas, few castles, fishermen on the shore, and also it was nice to know I am balancing between physical Europe and Asia. So called “official” Bosporus... 

 9 Reviews  Nisantasi parking can be very peculiar.... Well, just imagine, you need to drop by your girlfriend, there is no free parking plance in front of her house (to be frank, parking is a nightmare in Nisantasi), so what can you do? Yeap, after giving it a second thought, you park you Mercedes S600 right...