Let me begin by stating. Istanbul is something totally different – for starters it is not a city. No, it is a giant metropolis. Istanbul is Europe’s biggest city with about 15 million people and still counting. The size makes the city the center of finance, culture and history in Turkey.
When you arrive in this humongous city you are met by gigantic and impressive mosques and other religious buildings. In contrast you can also see modern and expensive shopping streets and malls like no others you can find. You’ll pass multiple inviting restaurants where you can relax and enjoy the fantastic Turkish food. The Turkish cuisine is renowned and is considered one of the best in the world. Or you can simply let yourself be devoured by the immense and pulsating masses of people, the many and different sounds coming from all over and the nightmarish traffic which make Istanbul to what it is. A myriad of impressions.
It’ll simply be too comprehensive to mention all the major sights the city has to offer. I’ll restrict myself to show you a few pictures of some of the most important sights. I hope you will be able to get just an idea of this enormous metropolis.
We were in Istanbul for five days which I think gave us a reasonable impression of the city. We stayed at a small but charming hotel in the old part of town. You could sit on the rooftop of the hotel and enjoy your delicious breakfast while you were looking out at the Bosporus Strait. Our hotel was located only a few hundred meters from Haga Sofia, the enormous and very beautiful mosque and we were also within reasonable walking distance from many other important sights.
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