Grand Bazaar

Spice Market and Grand Bazaar

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June 17th 2011
Day 8 Today our plan is to visit the Spice Market and the Grand Bazaar. This Hilton also has a nice executive lounge that provides breakfast with a beautiful view. We wish we could say the breakfast was as beautiful as the view, but oh well, it fills our tummies. Back in the room I am not sure what to wear. I have heard this country is a mix of old world and new world traditions of ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Bosporus

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more