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Galata Tower & Surroundings: Half-Day Walking Route

Galata Tower & Surroundings: Half-Day Walking Route

The Galata Tower is the easiest landmark in Istanbul to photograph and one of the trickiest to enjoy if you simply queue, climb, and leave. The pleasure of this corner of the city is the climb up to it. You will find steep Genoese lanes, music shops, courtyard cafés, and sudden flashes of the Bosphorus

15 Vegan & Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants in Istanbul

15 Vegan & Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants in Istanbul

Here is the thing nobody tells you before you arrive. Turkish cuisine is quietly one of the most plant-forward kitchens in the Mediterranean. A whole category called zeytinyağlı (zay-tin-yah-LUH, cooked in olive oil and served cold) exists precisely because Anatolian cooks have been turning vegetables into the main event for centuries. So while the kebab

Best Hammams in Istanbul: Price & Experience Comparison

Best Hammams in Istanbul: Price & Experience Comparison

A hamam (hah-MAHM, Turkish bath) is one of the few Istanbul rituals that has barely changed in five centuries. You sweat on a heated marble platform under a domed ceiling, an attendant scrubs a startling amount of grey off your skin, and you emerge feeling reborn and faintly bewildered. The question is never whether to

3-Day Istanbul Itinerary (For First-Time Visitors)

3-Day Istanbul Itinerary (For First-Time Visitors)

Three days is enough to fall for Istanbul without trying to swallow it whole. The trick is geography: the city is split by water into clusters, and a good plan groups sights by cluster so you spend your time looking at domes rather than sitting in traffic. This istanbul 3 day itinerary does exactly that:

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