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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 7:19 am
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yokozuma
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Sounds like a great trip you've got planned. I am guessing you haven't visited Istanbul before?

If it's your first time I would pass on the Gallipoli and Troy tours and spend your time in Istanbul.

Some of the things I have done on my visits there:

- Cruise up the Bosphorus, stopping off at the Rumeli Fortress and the trendy towns of Bebek and Emirgan.

- The underground Basilica Cistern next to Aya Sophia.
- Stroll down İstiklal Caddesi and its antique backstreets and fish market, through to the cobbled streets of Galata.

- The Istanbul Archaeology Museum is fantastic and contains the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great.

- Take a ferry over to Kadikoy on the Asian side of the city and it’s fantastic markets.

- Visit the Dolmabahçe Palace, often overlooked with the Mosques the main tourist attractions.

- Have a turkish bath, Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı being one of my favourites.


Last but not least, eat!

My partner wrote a blog entry on eating in Istanbul if you are in to that sort of thing with some of the places we make a trip to on every visit.

http://www.thecutlerychronicles.com/...-istanbul.html
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