Turk ve Islam Eserleri Muzesi, Turkey

Another way to learn the city of Istanbul by taking the walking excursion "How to understand Istanbul and get pleasure from it". This is the daily group sightseeing tour, which is worth taking in order to get acquainted with the city. For 3 hours you will begin to navigate in the main sights of the city and the intricacies of Istanbul history. Discover the favorite places of local people. After the tour, Istanbul will become clearer to you, and walking around the city will be more interesting! You will learn your favorite places - Ottoman coffee houses, city hookahs, cheap home cafes and restaurants with a panoramic view of Istanbul magnificence. You will find out where to try traditional dishes without tourist admixtures, how to make profitable purchases, where to have fun and how then you can comfortably reach anywhere in the city even at night. All these pleasures cost 20 euro per person.

And the last excursion every active tourist, especially shopper, must take is the individual walking tour through the bazaars of Istanbul. The tour is conducted by a local resident. Find out where and what to buy, see the markets, which do not write in the guidebooks. The price is 53 euro for the four-hour tour. The market behind the Galata bridge near Eminonu Square (Saturday-Sunday) is littered with Chinese toys and mobile phones of incredible colors and a completely mysterious origin and quality. And on Beyazit Meydanı (also on Saturdays and Sundays) you can buy apple tobacco and smuggled Syrian silk scarves, which are traded by the Kurds. One of the most famous urban markets in Kadikoy runs two days a week: on Tuesdays - as a grocery (especially popular are various kinds of cheese here), and on Sundays - as a flea market.
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