:) CITIES : ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Hamdi Restaurant. Great restaurant with awesome views of the Golden Horn and the Galata Bridge. Try to get a table on the top floor balcony. www.hamdirestorant.com
Between the Modern and Karakoy (where the cruise ships dock) and next to the Nusretiye Mosque you can find a block full of the Tophane Nargile cafes where you can play backgammon and use a nargile. Beymen Brasserie (across from Hugo Boss) at the epicenter of Nisantasi is a great spot to see all the action in this great neighbourhood. Istanbul Modern Art Museum. Here's a great 'two-fer'. Museum and café on the Bosphorous: www.istanbulmodern.org Courtesy of Global Explorer Amy M.: Istiklal Street - Main shopping/restaurant street in Taksim - You'll find Nike, Body Shop, kind of your main street shopping if you will. Certainly Turkish shops as well that you will not find anywhere else. It's always Busy and very safe to walk around even late at night 360 Restaurant - On Istiklal Street and it's a must to go have a drink and maybe dinner but it may be a bit $$. The views are breathtaking. House Cafe - a few doors down & below 360 Resatuarant - Good place for food, coffee, wine & good people watching. Spice Bazaar in Eminonu - Easy to get to from the underground. Just get off on Eminonu and a 2 minute walk. There are signs pointing you to the Spice Bazaar. Ugur Akusz - EFE - Space # 71 (all the space are marked so easy to find) - Ugur sells great jewelry and has rugs downstairs but the jewelry is fabulous. Tahir Eke - Space # 51 Sells jewelry and beautiful linens, scarves, lamps, etc. *Eat/Drink:* Lebidaya - upscale/hip restaurant Supper Club Dance Club - VERY posh hip night Novo - Nightclub - VERY small but where this is located there are a ton of small bars/restaurants/dancing. That street is THE place to go in Beyoglu Bursa Izgara - on Istiklal St. in Beyoglu - Great kebobs. Cheap and easy. Pierreloti Tea House - will need to take a cab but BEST view of the Golden Horn Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet - (near Blue Mosque) It was created from an old Turkish Prison. |
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