Istanbul

This guide takes readers beyond the doors of the Ottoman mosques and the Topkapi Palace. It offers tips on restaurants and shopping to match any budget, as well as tips on carpet buying and bartering. It also offers details on unusual excursions such as exploring a Byzantine water-storage tank.

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Special sections take the reader beyond the doors of Ottoman mosques and the Topkapi Palace. Lists restaurants and shopping to match any visitor's funds like selecting the right carpet for the right price. Explore an enormous Byzantine water storage tank, sweat it out in a hamam or sail up the Bosphorus to the Black Sea.