Just returned home after a trip to Istanbul and I still can't believe how HUGE, crowded and beautiful this city is.
Istanbul is the biggest city in Europe with over 15 Million residents and expands for more than 100 km from side to side. It's also the 15th biggest city in the world and may I say one of the most beautiful too?!?
I stayed there for 5 days, explored the city as much as I possibly could and returned back home with a lot of awesome memories and of course some sweet photos to share with all of you!
Istanbul Day 1
I booked this trip with a travel agency and travelled from Greece to Istanbul by bus. Took us more than 12 hours to get there and it was around 20:00 when we finally reached at our destination.
I was so tired and at the same time so hyped I was finally on a trip abroad after 2 years (fuck Corona). The hotel was located right next to the most central square of the city called 'Taksim' so I just put my luggage down at the hotel room , hit the road and started exploring the city center!
This was the first thing I saw when arrived on Taksim
Taksim Square Map Location : [//]:# (!pinmapple 41.036859 lat 28.985147 long d3scr)
It's the most central mosque of the city and probably one of the newest as it's construction finished just a few months ago. It's a beautiful sight!
My walk didn't stop there and the moment I stepped my foot on "İstiklal Caddesi", the most busy street of Istanbul located right next to Taxim I realized how crowded of a city Instanbul was!
İstiklal Caddesi is always that crowded and you can find pretty much everything there. From local spices to expensive jewelery, this district has it all!
I just kept walking in between this herd of people and kept shooting photos of everything I found cool hehe! Here are some of 'em
Fisherman selling his goods
Super-Cheap delicacies. Big cake was like $5
Ants on a building?!?
That triangle thing is the famous local delicacy called "Mpaklava"
Did I mentioned I travelled there with my mother? Quality mother-son time hehe
After a long 2 hours walk I was feeling so hungry so I decided to try out one of the most well-known foods on Turkey, the famous Durum which is a mix of beef and lamb meat. Eating pork is not allowed over there.
Our guide took us to a small shop located just bellow "İstiklal Caddesi" and damn this must have been one of the most tasty things I've ever eaten!
Wrapped Durum with tomato, vegetables,spices and red pepper flakes? Count me in
This is also the shop where the famous American actor George Clooney eats his Durum when he's in town or at least that's what the shop owner told us haha! Photo is blur but I think you can see his face on the wall!
After eating 2 Durum in like 5 minutes I decided to call it a day, head back to the hotel and rest cause the next day was gonna be full of sightseeing.
Gonna share 3 more posts with you from my visit to Istanbul so stay tuned and I hoped you enjoyed reading this one.
Until the next one, take care and travel a lot! Cheers and have a great week ahead!
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