Straddling two continents, Istanbul is one of the most diverse and vibrant cities on Earth. It’s where minarets and terracotta rooftops pierce the skyline, where the air is filled with the sounds of ...

Istanbul is one of my favorite cities – I have visited three times. It is literally where East meets West and is a fantastic city to visit if you’re curious about the Middle East and Northern Africa ...

Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold cherry juice, and old men would grab huge cucumbers from wheeled carts, then ...

Istanbul is one of the best places to go in 2024 — thanks in part to its abundance of fantastic luxury hotels. This year, the voters’ favorites are all located on the banks of the Bosphorus, the ...

Of the great cities of Europe, four are worth a week of sightseeing: London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul. And of those, Istanbul offers the most thrills for the best price. With every visit, I simply ...

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Left: Instead of waiting in line at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, Natalie went inside Nuruosmaniye Mosque, an 18th-century Ottoman mosque nearby. Right: The smallest breakfast option at ...