Romantic getaway for two, shopping trip, cultural travel, nights of the Bosphorus … Istanbul accords to all kinds of short trips. Winter and summer, but preferably in the spring, the Turkish metropolis at the crossroads of East and West, never ceases to charm the traveler. A short guide a must in Constantinople, to three or four days. Istanbul vintage Istanbul may roughly be divided into three main areas: one side of the Bosphorus, the Asian part of town, less touristy. On the other, Sultan Ahmet, the old Istanbul, separated by the estuary of the Golden Horn district of Beyoğlu, which forms...

Kapali Carsi (Grand Bazaar) Istanbul is worth seeing for the shopping alone. And the Kapali Carsi or “Abgedeckt Bazaar”, in the old town is the logical starting point. This labyrinth of streets and passages houses more than 4,000 shops. The names recall the days when each trade had its own quarter “goldsmiths’ street”, “carpet sellers Street”, “The street of the skull cap of makers”. You sit down for tea with some of the seller and let them enchant you to buy a few souvenirs that you never realized you wanted. Pamukkale Chances are your first...