Hotel Valide Sultan Konagi

12/10/2016

Good evening Istanbul 🛎 iyi akşamlar İstanbul photo credit:

07/10/2016

Simply the best accommodation in Sultanahmet 🛎

03/10/2016

The Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with 60 streets and 5,000 shops, and attracts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewellery, hand-painted ceramics, carpets, embroideries, spices and antique shops.

Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather, gold jewellery and the like. The bazaar has been an important trading centre since 1461 and its labyrinthine vaults feature two bedestens (domed buildings), the first of which was constructed between 1455 and 1461 by the order of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The bazaar was vastly enlarged in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and in 1894 underwent a major restoration following an earthquake.

The complex houses two mosques, four fountains, two hamams, and several cafés and restaurants. In the centre is the high domed hall of the Cevahir Bedesten, where the most valuable items and antiques were to be found in the past, and still are today, including furniture, copperware, amber prayer beads, inlaid weapons, icons, moth er-of-pearl mirrors, water pipes, watches and clocks, candlesticks, old coins, and silver and gold jewellery set with coral and turquoise. A leisurely afternoon spent exploring the bazaar, sitting in one of the cafés and watching the crowds pass by, and bargaining for purchases is one of the best ways to recapture the romantic atmosphere of old Istanbul.

29/09/2016

Good night lovely Istanbul photo credit:

21/09/2016

Cats would be your fellow traveller during your Istanbul trip. 🐈 photo credit:

15/09/2016

Thansk for the great photo 😊☕️
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13/09/2016

As Henry James says, "There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." Photo credit:

02/09/2016

Hello September...

30/08/2016

30 Ağustos Zafer Bayramı Kutlu Olsun.

18/08/2016

Hotel Valide Sultan Konagi Sultanahmet: A place to be right now.

12/08/2016

Turkish coffee tastes better with great view.
Türk kahvesi güzel manzarayla çok daha lezzetli.

02/08/2016

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Hotel Valide Sultan Konagi is in the center of Hagia Sophia overlooking The Bosphorus