July 27th, 2010 by admin
There are two ways to get from Taksim to Sultanahmet. They are:
By public transport:
If you are in Taksim square, take the metro from Taksim to Kabatas and you can get to Sultanahmet from Kabatas by tram. If you are at the other side of Istiklal take the little metro (calles as “tunel”). It takes you to Karakoy. You can take the tram from Karakoy to Zeytinburnu direction and get off when it arrives to Sultanahmet. These won’t take much time. However, there is an alternative way;
By taxi:
You can take a taxi, that will cost higher. It’s the best way to use public transport during commute hours as the traffic is very crowded at that time.
July 27th, 2010 by admin
This year Ramadan will start in August. If you plan to travel Istanbul in Ramadan you may want to find out what you should do and not in this period. Here are a few things you should consider about this issue:
In Ramadan there are a lot of Turks fast. But there are also a lot, who don’t fast. Refraining from eating and drinking in public would be the best during the day time. However, it’s really related to where you are as Istanbul is a very big city. Considering that you will be around touristic places like Taksim, Beyoğlu, The Grand Bazaar, you will not even notice Ramadan has started as you will see a lot of people in the restaurants during the day time. Some of them are tourists, and the others are Turks. Most of cafes, tea houses will also be open. So this issue won’t be such a big problem for you.
In addition, there is one thing you should consider about: Having dinner around fast breaking time may be little problem as most restaurants will be very crowded and it will be hard to find seats.
February 22nd, 2010 by admin
The district is located near Ortaköy. Defterburnu is between Ortaköy and Kuruçeşme. District residents claim that, the old name is Koruçeşme because of its plenty of rivers. Throughout history, the place has been known with its green groves.
February 21st, 2010 by admin
The place between Bebek and Rumeli Hisari was named as Lamekopi in Greek and Boğazkesen in Turkish. The district takes its current name from the Turkish poet Tevfik Fikret’s home. The meaning of the Persian word “Aşiyan” is “bird’s nest”.
February 21st, 2010 by admin
It’s located between Kuruçeşme and Bebek. Its name was Hesta in antiquity. In the Byzantine period the place was also known as Promotu and Anaplus. Ayios Mihael Church, one of the important places of worship in Boğaziçi was here. Mosaic icons of Archangel Mihael were stored in this church told as built by Constantine. It’s unknown when and for what reason this place named as Arnavutköy. According to a rumor, Albanians have been settled there by II. Mehmet (Fatih).
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