Turkey: Istanbul
It is impossible to approach Istanbul without seeing the beauty and the wonder. Whether you pass rapidly down the Bosphorus, between banks crowned with towers and houses and mosques, that stretch away hither and thither to distant hills, now bleak, now crowned with dark cypress groves; or up from the Sea of Marmora, watching the dome of S. Sophia that glitters above the closely packed houses, till you turn the point which brings you to the Golden Horn, crowded with shipping and bright with the flags of many nations; or even if you come overland by the sandy wastes along the shore, looking across the deep blue of the sea to the islands and the snowcrowned mountains of Asia, till you break through the crumbling wall within sight of the Golden Gate, and find yourself at a step deep in the relics of the middle ages; you cannot fail to wonder at the splendour of the view which meets your eyes. Sea, sunlight, the quaint houses that stand close upon the water's edge, the white palaces, the crowded quays, and the crowning glory of the Eastern domes and the mediæval walls -- these are the elements that combine to impress, and the impression is never lost.
Population: 10.034.830 (2006)
Altitude: 100 m.
Airport: Atattirk Airport 23 KIn. from city centre.
Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 3/9; Feb 2/9; Mar 3/11; Apr 7/16; May 12/ 21; Jun 16/26; Jul18/29; Aug 20/29; Sep 16/25; Oct 12/21; Nov 8/15; Dec 5/11.
City transport: taxi, car rental, buses, minibus.
Sights and local attractions: Topkapi Palace, St. Sophia Museum, the Underground Cistern, Archaeological Museum St. Irene Museum, Mosaic Museum, Kariye Museum, Dolrnabahce Palace, Blue Mosque, Bosphorus Bridge, covered bazaar.
Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:
1. The Treasures of Topkapi Palace and the Bazaar (half day)
Topkapi Palace Museum, the great palace of the Sultans, the unique Grant Covered Bazaar.
2. Two Continents (half day - daily)
Cross the Bosphorus, visit the Camlica Hill on the Asian side, Beylerbeyi Palace, return to the European side by bus via the Bosphorus Bridge.
3. Highlights of lstanbul (half day - daily)
Siileymaniye Mosque, Blue Mosque, Roman Hippodrome, St. Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Grand Covered Bazaar (including lunch).
4. Istanbul by night (every evening)
Dinner, floorshow and belly dancing.
Hotels in Istanbul
Marmara Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Pera Palas Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Barcelo Eresin Topkapi Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Legend Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Vardar Palace Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Star Holiday Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Eresin Taxim Hotel BW Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Zeynep Sultan Boutique Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / St Sophia
Ilkay Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Olimpiyat Hotel Istanbul, City
Viva Mosaic Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Albion Hotel Sultanahmet, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Sumengen Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Nazar Hotel Istanbul, City
Sokullu Pasa Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Blue Mosque (Area)
Erboy Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Ipek Palas Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Color Hotel Istanbul, Outer City
Grand Anka Hotel Istanbul, Findikzade
Seres Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Royal Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Laleli
Yigitalp Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Best Western Amber Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Blackbird Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Laleli
Armada Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City
Romance Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City
Mina Hotel Istanbul, City
Historia Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
LaresPark Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Artefes Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Galata Antique Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Best Western Empire Palace Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Yasmak Sultan Hotel Istanbul, Old City
Tash Konak Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Marmara Pera Hotel Istanbul, Beyoglu District
Ramada Plaza Hotel Istanbul, Taksim Square
Nena Hotel Istanbul, City
Eresin Crown Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Inter Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Best Western Obelisk Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Orsep Royal Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Askoc Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area
Feronya Hotel Istanbul, Taksim Park
Madison Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Taksim District
Orient Express Hotel Istanbul, Old City
Surmeli Hotel Istanbul, Centre
Barcelo Saray Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / The Grand Bazaar
Conrad Hotel Istanbul, City Centre
Best Western The President Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / The Grand Bazaar
Hyatt Regency Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Old City District
Richmond Hotel Istanbul, Old City
Best Western Historical Acropol Hotel Istanbul, City Centre / Sultanahmet Area



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