Turkey
Istanbul
Two continents, one city.
The Bosphorus, the Grand Bazaar, and imperial mosques across two continents.
Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia, and wears three empires at once. Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque face each other across a square; the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar trade as they have for centuries; Topkapı keeps the sultans' treasures. The Bosphorus that divides the city is itself the finest thing to do, a strait between continents.
What you’ll do
·Hagia Sophia & Blue Mosque
·Grand & Spice Bazaars
·Bosphorus cruise
·Topkapı Palace
Why it’s special
Hagia Sophia
Fifteen centuries of basilica, mosque and museum under one dome.
The Bosphorus
A strait that divides continents, best seen from the water.
Grand Bazaar
A covered city of four thousand shops, trading for 500 years.
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