Istanbul Travel Blogs - Page 6

I have to admit I went into Turkey expecting the worst.   My sole interaction with Turkish people until this point had been the many dirty, dodgy kebab shops that can be found all over the world. The Turkish endemic in Vienna was particularly bad and the youths there cause a lot of problems…

A week-end in Istanbul

I don't even remember how we decided to go there. There were lots of places we wanted to visit. Istanbul was one of them. Price of flights were quite cheap. We found some CouchSurfers there to host us. Yeah, I think that's it for the decision. Why was it on the list ? Alex studies history and art h…

will be updated once I have more time or find someone writing all the stories for me - I am more the photographer *g*

I just touched down about an hour ago. The plan ride on Turkish airlines from Singapore to Istanbul was alright. The landing was so smooth that the passengers broke into an applause. Is this a common occurence or is it just the Turks? Anyway, I was rather lucky to have gotten a seat beside a n…

After several nights of interrupted sleep and passing out in weird places, sleeping in a bed was only marginally successful. After a few hours, İ was up for a while before being able to pass out again. My muscles and back were better than when İ went to sleep, but my reserves were not refilled an…

Since my arrival in İstanbul six hours ago, İ've been approached by many friendly men wanting to know two things: where İ'm from, and if İ want to buy a carpet.  İ may be going out on a limb here, but İ'd bet that selling carpets to foreigners is a very profitable business.&nbs…

Day 4 of Golden Fleece, Istanbul, TurkeyWe get up this morning after a short sleep myself, cause some of us decided to go out to a club last night. I bravely like a hero, meet up with the group in the meeting room. We are going to do another tour of the Istanbul this morning. We board the Contik…

  I arrived in Istanbul with the full intention of writing something each day but as it has turned out I have totally failed! Anyway here is a summary of my first 3 days in Istanbul and then onto a daily update.   Arrived in Sultanahmet at 10pm at night, tired after a long days travell…

I want to wish any one going to Turkey a wonderful trip, it's a beautiful country; you will never regret visiting. Let me share with you this piece of information I've experienced during my visit to this lovely place; this happened when my friend and I checked out from the hotel and asked the recep…

After 1 month of not knowing where to go for New Year Eve we finally decided it would be Istanbul...We arived there with temperatures so we spent night in bed:) but from tommorow there were many nice things to see...I think the only mistake we made is in chosing the period of year when to visit this city,so I recomend spring or summer...:)

In september I was in Istanbul with a girlfriend for the 6th time.

Beautiful country, especially the road trip down the coast of Turkey to the small coastal cities. Best part of my trip.

With a new regulation in city planning on April 2008, Istanbul province is divided into 39 districts (was 32), each of them has a local municipality elected by the people living in the neighborhoods belonging to that district.The ones marked with the asterix (*) are new districts formed in 2008:&nb…

Leaving sunny beach Bulgaria to visit Turkey! We were picked up by the busstop which we could not find in the first place. The bus came and our trip began! It was a strange experience to make this trip by bus. I really had no idea of the roads in Bulgaria. The trip was supposed to take 5 or 6 hours…