Browsing: Istanbul

You in İstanbul is a blog and a Istanbul guide, designed for those who want to discover this beautiful city. Classic itineraries, walks, and bus routes, museum and everything…

Thousands of tulips are planted in the spring and many parks and groves in Istanbul are covered with tulips so the city leaves its place to a real botanical garden of millions of tulips for a while.

Kapalıçarşı, Grand Bazaar is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops. Located in the district of Fatih it can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by trams (Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı station).

Akçakese Beach is one of the favourite places for those who want to get rid of the crowd of the city, take a breather and cool off in the calm waters of the Black Sea, especially in summer.

The Basilica Cistern is often mentioned in books and movies. For example, this is one of the main places where the events of Dan Brown’s famous book “Inferno” and the film based on it unfold. In addition, some scenes of James Bond’s adventures were filmed here.