Beldibihotels.com: The main secret of Istanbul in Turkey lies in its rich historical memory, which lies on the city as Muslim mosques, Byzantine palaces, courtyards in the Egyptian style, and other cultural “strangers” from various eras and civilizations. The city in Turkey got over a change of four names: Byzantium, Constantinople, New Rome, Constantinople again, and finally Istanbul since 1930. From the main city of the Christian world it turned into the capital of the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. In wealth and poverty, health and disease Istanbul courageously stands on he two parts of the world – Europe and Asia – on the territory which became a city already 2500 years ago.
Nowadays the city in Turkey remained the same. But to those who came only for the weekend, Istanbul in Turkey shows its elegant dress – the historical center Sultanahmet, which attracts tourists from all over the world with such famous places of interest as Sultan Ahmed Moscue, Hagia Sophia (Cathedral), Topkapı Palace and the Basilica Cistern.
But this is only the tip of the iceberg of Istanbul in Turkey: a real city shows itself to those who are ready to give it a week or more. First of all it shows its diversity, turning into a noisy Grand Bazaar, smelling of apple tea and spices, into the elegant streets of Galata, rejuvenated with architectural designing refinements and decorated with antique shops, into a cluster of boutiques in the Baghdad street (Bagdad Caddesi).
Istanbul in Turkey is a city which is liked almost by everyone, because everybody can find in it something interesting for him: the rich works of architectural art, delicious food, cheap fur coats, boisterous nightlife, romantic walks along the old streets and embankments at sunset of Turkey. Everyone will see his Istanbul when it opens its secrets.