Adult vacations and family vacations have very different priorities on their list of things to do. When you are traveling with kids you need to incorporate fun things to do in Istanbul ...

Much like a football match, a visitor’s Istanbul is very much a city of two halves. Most come primarily for the 'first half', or the old city, which is wonderfully located on a hilly peninsula ...

In Istanbul, a center of culture, commerce and power for more than 2,000 years, the past never feels distant. Yet contemporary culture thrives here. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Today, Istanbul is a sprawling, 15.5-million-person megalopolis (the largest in Europe), surrounded by a network of waterways that bound and divide it.

There are so many things to do in Istanbul as well as some fantastic food. Here is my perfect Istanbul 3 day Itinerary. Things to Book Before You Leave Home.

Istanbul is a “magical meeting place” which straddles two continents, Europe and Asia, said Lonely Planet. With mosques, markets, art galleries and monuments, Turkey’s largest city has more ...

How we rank things to do Another hidden gem Istanbul's Anatolian (Asian) side, the breathtakingly ornate Beylerbeyi Palace was built between 1863 and 1865 under the order of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz.

Spice Bazaar (Misir Çarsisi) is ranked #5 out of 19 things to do in Istanbul. See pictures and our review of Spice Bazaar (Misir Çarsisi).

Opinion Tripologist: What are the best things to do on a short stay in Istanbul? Michael Gebicki is Traveller’s expert Tripologist. Each week he tackles the thorny issues in travel as well as ...

Some of Istanbul's decommissioned ferries have gone on to become cafes, museums, hotels and wedding halls. Others have been renovated in the historical Haliç shipyard , which has been active ...