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It is just a 16 square meter place to sit and eat in famous Nişantaşı district where the most expensive shops and most attractive women of Itanbul are located. The owners are two young woman, one is designer, other architect who decided to open this incredibly small place called Tabure...
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Italian Pizzeria Pidos in Taksim, Gumussuyu welcomes you with the smell of spices and cheeses. It is situated in the most atrractive district of Taksim but at the same time it is far from the chaos of noisy Beyoglu.
Pizzeria Pidos’ authencity comes from the method that they use...
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If you ask me the most interesting church in İstanbul is Bulgarian (Stefan) Church. Located in the Golden Horn between Balat and Fener, Bulgarian Church was a wooden church when first constructed in 1800’s. Time has passed and Bulgarian minority decided to make a bigger and durable place to...
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İstanbul Modern, the first private museum devoted to modern and contemporary art in Turkey located beside the Bosporus. The museum brings together the İstanbul cityscape with the production of arts ranging from painting, sculpture, and photography to video and new media.
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‘’Bozaaaaa…’’ When you are at your sweet home, this scream coming from the street seller that sells boza in a dark, cold İstanbul night, signifies that winter has comed finally . As far as I know, Boza is the first type of drink coming from the beer family. It contains numerous kinds...
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One of the Turkey’s oldest foundation namely Turkey Touring and Automobile Foundation, serves a need of the tourists in the town. It has cafés, restaurants or cultural activity centers in many parts of İstanbul.
Ayasofya Konaklari Hotel, Sarnic Restaurant, Green House,...
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The German coffee giant Tchibo is a very good choice to make Christmas or Bairam shopping in these days. Having 15 stores in Turkey and most of them located in İstanbul, Tchibo has created a unique style of shopping culture.
In a Tchibo store you can find different types of...
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Grand Hotel de Londres (Büyük Londra Otel), was the most prestigious establishment of Pera (Beyoglu) for ages. And still it is.
This luxury hotel was built in 1892 by a Levantine family which was called Glavani. The hotel was decorated with the same style as that of "Orient...
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If you never have been in Spain you probably do not have any idea about what is Sangria or Paella or Tapas…But do not get upset. In İstanbul there is a place that makes you feel like you are in Spain.
Venta Del Toro is a tapas bar nearby Galata Tower. The owner is a Spanish...
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Kuzguncuk is one of the most popular quarters in İstanbul. According to historical records it is the first establishment place for Jewish population in Asiatic İstanbul.
Although Kuzguncuk as being a beautiful village in Bosphorus shore and having a rich history with its...
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Although İstanbul is a city located near by the sea major city transportation is still made by land transport.
This amazing city has its ferry boats (‘vapur’ in local language) since 1800’s. The sea transportation company called Sirket-i Hayriye in Ottoman, worked for...
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Dec 3, 2007
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The best spring that I had was in the islands of istanbul. It was so refreshing to take the ferry and breath in the salty sea air.
These ferries are always crowded in the weekends...the best time to go to the islands is weekdays and as early as possible.
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Dec 3, 2007
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There is a big contrast between city life and here...the good thing is I feel detached from the problems that are waiting for me in the city, the bad thing is if I would live here all the time I would be dependent on the ferry schedule...This means I could not go the city whenever I wish. This is...
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Dec 3, 2007
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In summer I guess the island's population becomes three times bigger than the winter population.
The most interesting part of the islands is that there is no noise of cars and motors. Because motor vehicles are forbidden here. The only way of public transportation is horse carriages. You...
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Nov 27, 2007
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There are little island on Marmara Sea. From a bird eye point of view they must seem like pebble stones on Marmara Sea.Each have its own character, some of them are very small. Some of them quiet big...The one I would like to focus now is the biggest one: The Princess Island, which is also known...
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