- Cruising the Bosphorous at sunset
- Wandering the harem of the magnificent Topkapi Palace
- Smoking nargile and sipping Turkish coffee in a cafe
- Bargaining over carpets and meerschaum pipes in the Grand Bazaar
- Listening to the call to prayer echo over the Old City
- Shopping on trendy Istiklal Street
- Being bathed and pampered in the Turkish bath, or hammam
- Sampling the sweets at the Spice Market
- Watching the Sufi Whirling Dervishes perform their sacred sema ceremony
- Enjoying an ice cream cone on a peaceful stroll through the Princes Islands
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