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İstanbul

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Türkiye · Marmara

İstanbul41.01 · 28.98Open map

A city on two continents, held together by a strait and the ferries that cross it.

See

  1. 01The straitCargo ships, fishing boats and current running between two seas.
  2. 02Domes and minaretsA skyline built in lead and stone over fifteen centuries.
  3. 03Covered marketsVaulted lanes of gold, carpet, spice and copper.
  4. 04City wallsLand walls that held for a thousand years, now half in gardens.

Do

  1. 01Cross by ferryTwenty minutes, two continents, tea on the open deck.
  2. 02Backstreet walkingSteep lanes, wooden houses and cats on every wall.
  3. 03Tea by the waterSmall glass, two sugars, as long as you like.
  4. 04Evening fish marketIce, noise and the day's catch laid out in rows.

Eat

  1. 01Long breakfastTwenty small plates, bread and tea, running past noon.
  2. 02Fish sandwichGrilled, in bread, eaten standing by the water.
  3. 03BaklavaForty leaves of pastry, pistachio, butter and syrup.
  4. 04Turkish coffeeGround fine, boiled once, drunk slowly with water.

Make

  1. 01Tile paintingCobalt and turquoise on white, fired twice.
  2. 02Paper marblingColour floated on thickened water and lifted onto paper.
  3. 03Copper workBeaten and tinned by hand in the workshop lanes.