12 Dec What To Expect When Visiting a Turkish Bath or Hamam?
Before you can decide whether you hate or love going to a Turkish bath or hamam, you need to experience it at least once. If it’s your first visit to a hamam, entering...
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12 Dec See How Easily You Can Visit the Harem of Topkapi Palace
The word Harem comes from Arabic and originally means forbidden. Contrary to what many (want to) believe, the Harem was not just an erotic hothouse.It was the private area of the sultan and...
12 Dec Hagia Sophia – Church Turned Mosque Turned Museum
The Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) is among Istanbul’s most famous and fascinating monuments. This ‘church of divine wisdom’ was inaugurated by Emperor Justinian on 26 December 537, converted into a mosque...
12 Dec Top 15 Things to Do in Istanbul
Here are my top 15 things to do in Istanbul, in no particular order. I chose these not because they are popular, but because I think they are worth seeing...
