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Offline Nikos

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« on: April 21, 2006, 11:12:08 AM »
Off to Istanbul for a long weekend next week.  Booked for dinner at the Galata Tower and will be lucky enough to see the Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes.  Any other places that anyone could recommend visiting?

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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2006, 12:14:44 PM »
Try to be on the outside viewing gallery of the Galata Tower when the call to prayer is made. There's a fantastic wall of sound from all the mosques that sweeps across Istanbul.

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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2006, 12:31:24 PM »
The Grand Bazaar

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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2006, 13:28:24 PM »
Ikea

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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2006, 14:38:24 PM »
The spice bazaar, maidens tower

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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2006, 14:43:34 PM »
Topkapi Palice(SP?), Blue Mosque, Cisterns (as featured in From Russia With Love. You'll run out of time far quicker than of places to visit

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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2006, 15:33:48 PM »
Dolmabahce palace, Ortakoy on a sunday, Kilyos beach, buyuk ada, istikal caddesi in Taksim, Koc museum in Haskoy.

Be careful of the back streets around Galata tower, if you take the wrong turn going down hill you will be in the er um red light street.

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« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2006, 16:30:35 PM »
Do you have to stop there until you get a green light ?

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« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2006, 16:38:36 PM »
You stop there untill you go through the metal detector and show your ID to police. (friend told me)

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« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2006, 17:25:25 PM »
istikal caddesi in Taksim- is a must as haluk says , I couldnt remember the name of it but we stayed around there when we went and its very interesting. How long are you going for - a month?




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