TURKEY

FIRST ISTANBUL

  

Itinerary
Topkapi Palace, Bab i- Humayun Caddesi- hareem and treasury 
Underground Cisterns 
Great Palace Mosaics Museum 
Hagia Sophia Church
Sokullu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Sehit Mehmet Pasha Sokak 20
Rüstem Pasha Mosque (in spice market ..a must)
Suleymaniye Mosque ( my favorite)
Grand bazaar
The Kariye Museum 

 

                           

Off to the Spice Market

                              

    

Istanbul restaurants

Leb y deria restaurant.. My favorite
on 6th floor Richmond hotel
Great food and modern ambiance amazing view of bosphorus
Hotel good if you get 5th floor Bosphorus view room

Pandeli nr spice market
Pandeli, 1 Misir Carsisi, Spice Bazaar, Sultanahmet; +90 212 527 390

Eleos in Yeşilköy – near airport such a lovely area and this restaurant had best food and ambiance  Greek/ Turkish Lovely blue and white fresh decoration, lovely terrace looking at church behind harbour.
Next time arrive Attaturk .. 10 mins to Eleos..book a hotel nearby in  Yesilkoy and book a boat/ gullet from this harbour to sail!
Open daily from 02:00 p.m. to 01:30 a.m.
Address: Yeşilbahçe Sok No: 9, Yeşilköy – Istanbul, Turkey
Telephone: +90 212 663 39 11

Off to Marmaris and onto Bodrum by Gullet

Our favorite Cevrihasan 5