5 days trip to Turkey, where should I go?

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santz

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I am going to Istanbul in Turkey for 5 days from Sep 1 to Sep 5, with a group of 5 people mixed!

Places to go within Istanbul only- but trips to nearby smaller islands through a cruise will be ok too (like keystone and Miami)

Ideas and places and places to avoid will be appreciated!

I love beaches and out door stuff, but am up for anything!
Thanks
 
IndyColtsFan

IndyColtsFan

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Hagia Sophia, which I want to see one day:

hagia_sophia_1.jpg
 
Iron Woode

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rivan said:
It's Istanbul, not Constantinople. No, it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
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Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.

Why they changed it, I can't say.

People just liked it better that way.
 
IronWing

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Çatal Höyük

Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion...
 
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Any party places or beach places or any particular islands near ISTANBUL, Turkey?
 
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We were there for four days and followed some lonely planet suggestions. These were our thoughts:

Archaeology museum: superb even better than Athens
Hagia Sofia: outside nicer than inside
Palace: superb
blue mosque? beautiful outside didnt go in
spice bazaar>>grand bazaar
The best baklava was found at Hamdi restarant near the Galaka bridge/ Have a few pieces with tea outside after dinner you will think you died and went to heaven
best lunch/dinners we had were at Buhara near the Hagia Sofia.
notable restaurants are Hamdi and Zinhan. Zinhan had better food and view but we had bad indigestion/heartburn that night. Could have been spicy food.
 
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santz

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gururu2 said:
We were there for four days and followed some lonely planet suggestions. These were our thoughts:

Archaeology museum: superb even better than Athens
Hagia Sofia: outside nicer than inside
Palace: superb
blue mosque? beautiful outside didnt go in
spice bazaar>>grand bazaar
The best baklava was found at Hamdi restarant near the Galaka bridge/ Have a few pieces with tea outside after dinner you will think you died and went to heaven
best lunch/dinners we had were at Buhara near the Hagia Sofia.
notable restaurants are Hamdi and Zinhan. Zinhan had better food and view but we had bad indigestion/heartburn that night. Could have been spicy food.
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Thank you, I appreciate it, any suggestion for watersport activities or beach or best places to go for Turkish bath?
 
Imp

Imp

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Know someone who went there last year. Late twenties, naive looking girl. She went alone and came back fine, but mostly stuck with resorts and tour groups.

I think she stayed the hell away from the Iraq border though, so ya.
 
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