Because of its long history of dominance of various ancient civilizations, Istanbul is the Mega City is a city rich in cultural heritage. Starting from the Hittites (1800 BC), Greece (8th century BC), Persian (6th century BC), and in the year 395 AD become part of the Byzantine Empire. Then the area in the conquered by the Ottoman Turks and remained a center of the Ottoman Empire from the 13th and 15th century for 600 years.
Turkey became a republic in 1923 with capital of Ankara and Istanbul remains the largest city. Istanbul was chosen as the name officially in 1930.
Travel New Era in the city with a population of 12 million was started from sea port to the city center in Taksim Square.
Taksim Square is the pivot of the city of Istanbul. Includes transportation, centered here. Authors the opportunity to walk in the park at night. Watching the night life of this city. Along the way lengggang (Avenue) Istiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue), this is a boulevard bervaving arena for residents and travelers to enjoy dinner, shopping or just enjoy the cool evening breeze in the autumn.
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Various fruit typical hand of Istanbul. (Wayan Manuh / New Era)Along the way there are only a few singers, corn merchants and traders kacang'Chestnut 'fuel. This round of bean-like seeds of jackfruit, it's also similar to boiled jackfruit seeds.
No passing vehicles because only for pedestrians. But during the day only the ancient tram which operates back and forth along the central axis of the Avenue.
Puat around this city there are also travel agents, restaurants, eat and drink stalls, large hotels like Inter Continental, Ritz-Carlton and The Marmara Hotel, a network of fast food like Burger King, McDonnald, Pizza Hut also enliven this place . Including some consulates of other countries are also based along this road.
At the end of this avenue we can we visit the tallest building in the era the Galata tower is 63 meters seringgi. Round nine-storey building The former serves as a kind of fortress towers pegawas. The building is very striking and has its own history and can see the entire harbor peandangan 'Golden Horn' and the Topkapi Palace or the promenade from the ninth floor of this building. Now used as a restaurant and Café.
Souvenirs typical Turkish meal of them is 'Turkishdelight' typical Turkish sweets made of sugar and corn flour, with various flavors and colors. Most are made with the addition of various types of nuts as a flavor enhancer.
Such as almonds, cashew nuts and many other types of nuts used yag. The author also visited a store that specialized in selling various kinds of nuts and sugar cakes Turkey.
To Istanbul to visit historic places such as Haghia Sophia or the Turkish language called the Ayasofya. Basilica was built in 532 and is a typical church ancient roman style of that era.
This unique building was once a Greek Orthodox cathedral, after the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople in 1453 Haghia Sophia in the fox into the mosque. Then known by the name of Aya Sofya, Sultan Cami'i Mahmet II.
In 1932 the mosque was closed and the building in use as a museum until now.
The building is described as a place of worship the most beautiful buildings, the richest, most luxurious, not only for the east but to the world.
To enter the museum gate guarded by four armed police, you have to buy tickets costing € 10 or approximately USD 150,000.
The journey from the town then mengeliligi tourist attractions in the city of Istanbul is very easy. Transportation whether trams, taxis and buses are all available. 1.5 To pay for the tickets tram lira Turkey. Around Rp 10,000. Jump past the Topkapi Palace complex. In the palace which covers 700,000 square meters, standing most of the buildings besejarah Turkey.
Of course, if you like kebabs cooked in a typical Turkish, easy to meet him at a roadside diner.
In front of the mosque of Sultan Ahmet or Blue Mosque
Grand Bazaar is a place that should not be missed if you travel to Istanbul. This is the Bazaar or the largest and oldest fair in the world. Which consists of more than 1200 stores and includes 58 roads that bring visitors from 250.000 to 400.000 people per day.
Bazaar was opened in 1461, is famous for its jewelry, pottery, spice and carpet shops. Most of the shops are grouped based on the goods sold. That where there is a special area craft vendors and leather clothing, gold jewelry and others.
