Istanbul Travel Guide Tour Guide

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I have been travelling around a bit and have seen very few large cities with a long history in and around the old Europe: Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon, Cairo and so many others. But there is a city that makes me come over and over again - for more than 10 years: Istanbul, the city on the strait, the city connecting two continents. Even as Frank Sinatra, said: "I want to wake up a city that does not sleep" There are two cities fit this category in the world, New York and Istanbul. If you are in the town try to cross the bridge at midnight Bosphorous or travel along the Bosphrous see the traffic, the city actually not sleep. The population of 12 million and all are on the way !!!!

No matter how and by which side you approach the town from Yesilköy from the airport bus or taxi, with the train into the European Sirkeci train station or by ship through the Dardanelles: The moment will come when the landscape on the horizon the peninsula will raise the skyline of the mighty mosques. Believe me when I say this is a moment you'll never forget! Or as the poet says: "Istanbulu dinliyorum, gözlerim Kapali" - I am listening to Istanbul, with my eyes closed.

You need at least 1 week to see some of the major tourist attractions, museums, parks, covered bazaar, old mosques and palaces, etc. ... The best time to visit the city from May to September time frame, and make sure you take a boat tour along the Bosporus, zig zaging the cannel to the north, to the Black Sea Asia site (Anadolu Kavagi). It is considered Dredge, it stops every seaport (total 10) watch and enjoy the dimensions / palaces, castles on the way, where you will be under the two suspension bridges.