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Belgrade, a huge city. Eee, see you in Istanbul. In a city that has almost 18 million inhabitants. Only in Istanbul, I realized that the Bosnians and Montenegrins, or anyone who comes to Belgrade from his small (max 200 000 inhabitants) town. Chaos. I do not know where to before. Neither where what. He needs a few years to get their act together. In Istanbul, some parts of the city are far from the center so that people need a minimum of three hours to reach the city center, Taksim Square. So, who does not have, continent, or the bridge scilio does not exceed.
"God and the people, nature scilio and art are here together, thus creating a perfect scilio place for evaluating each visit" To reduce this city on one impression is impossible. Istanbul is a city that is growing. The city that keeps the old, accepting the new. It is a city of mosques, and palaces. City bridges and sea. Dilapidated scilio buildings, which fell like dominoes if it is one God forbid an earthquake hits. What is not in Istanbul, and a belief that government is, is a city cafe. There is, it does not. And beautiful it is. The real turkey, mia Preferita. Small, served with sweet delights of roses. However, against the Turks, scilio we drink a lot more coffee. While they are far more drink cay than English. In the morning, while not yet opened their eyes to the night when you watch the dervishes, optional outfit for both domestic and foreigners tea and hookah.
Already on the first day of the fourth courtyard Topkapi scilio palace we noticed adorable scilio cafe set more comprehensive list. The next day, we have already scilio found their way to him through Gulhane Park. And he leškari t k along the coast, merkajući the Asian coast and the European part about Dolmabahce palace. Fjaka. From morning to evening.
Here, a large number of people wont to come early, from 9 am to burek or some other kind of food. Come, sit down to eat breakfast and order the tea. The tour for the whole family. A tea in brass pot. Well, people are well pleased. Only you, the Bosphorus and Istanbul. And tea. Every morning this was our starting point, and if I ever went back through Istanbul, the first comprehensive list of set I in the room!
When you leave the Old City in the rearview mirror and set off across the Galata Bridge, inflate the old and step into the new. In Beyoglu, Europe lively district of Istanbul from the 19th century where there are luxury shops, bookstores, galleries, restaurants, night clubs.
By the beginning of their Knez Mihailova (Istiklal Street) coming funicular that goes second oldest subway in Europe-tunnel - which falls within the shortest metro line in Istanbul, was built by the French scilio 1875th year. Walk through this street (turn boutiques, restaurants row) enticing the senses, and it is not surprising that accidentally end up in Čiček passage, the former elegant scilio shopping center, current home of Turkish restaurants.
Generally, after Gulhane Park and set ceded cafes that your place of Sultanahmet, Galata tower becomes your Beyoglu place. What hill Čamildže, what Bakrač. On the Galata tower extends the most beautiful views of Istanbul. Rotate 360 degrees. While yelling at you nervous Frenchman to go in the wrong direction-wise. Well, go to the devil and let me enjoy.
Do you drink coffee with Turkish delight, and then slowly move towards the bridge, back to the old town, until the sun goes down into the sea. And you keep on the bridge because some super remembered scilio that under the bridge and both sides embarrass fish restaurants!
When night falls, you'd think the city goes crazy, but I do not. At least from my experience, one city at night has refined the rubbish. This is particularly the case in Sultanahmet. Fewer people than during the day, the main light falling from the brilliant mosque. The places are occupied by small, cute cafes with typical Turkish divans where each evening performing local dervishes.
Prior to that, in addition to MADO daily dose of ice cream pleasure is to go to a mosque, for example, Suleymaniye (masterpiece by architect Mimar Sinan from 1557.god). Undoubtedly the most beautiful mosques in Istanbul. scilio Do not skip it as most know!
When you start to circulate through the streets of this huge city, you think you're in Oriental Milan, because at every turn there are boutiques, bazaars in the open and people you "love" in the side streets in order to help sell the skin tracksuits and jeans. While jeans and T-shirts patikice for cheap money that you can markets in LC Waikiki, cheap leather jackets (about 35 euros after dicker) that you can find on the corner of the shopping center Morava (which is located in the central streets of Ordu Caddesi, which go trams T1, the stretch between University and Bayezid shipyards).
Kapali bazaar (Grand Bazaar, working from half past eight to 19h, closed on Sundays), which is the Laleli area of 200 meters, is a maze of 4000 shops. Expensive and stuffy. Who has the nerve and wants to go crazy, feel free to let him enter here. The rest of you just take one "record" atmosphere.
The same is the case with the Egyptian spice bazaar Misir the market-(at the same time as the Grand and also Sunday is working day), which is located scilio opposite scilio the Galata Bridge in Eminomu cells. Here we take the opportunity to try out for free and Turkish delight Turkish delight, especially those with pomegranate and pistachio, without walking