Isztambul ltnivali, tancsok

Kezdjk az elejn: a Sabiha Gkcen repltrrl (ide rkeznek a fapados jratok, mint pl. a WizzAir) a busz fejenknt 13
lrrt visz be a Taksim trre. (Nem rdemes taxival menni mert kb. 50 km s 1 ra az t, de a Taksim trtl a szllodig
mr igen!)
A vrosban val utazshoz az Istambulcard 6 lrba kerl (amit visszavesznek ugyanennyirt), ezt lehet feltlteni. Egy t
2.10-be kerl, de 2 rn belli tszllskor az r egyre cskken. Tbben is utazhatnak vele, villamoson s buszon
egyarnt hasznlhat. (Figyelni kell a sofr melletti jegykezel automatt, mert kirja, hogy mennyi maradt a krtyn!)
Ezzel a krtyval rdemes utazni a hajn (nem pedig azzal, amit az utazsi irodk ajnlanak!) a Herceg szigetekre.
rdemes a legutols szigetnl kiszllni. Egyik szigeten sincs tmegkzlekeds, csak lovas kocsi vagy kerkpr. Viszont
meseszp hzak vannak. (1/2 11-kor indul a haj Kabatasbl, a T1-es villamos vgllomsrl.) (Kabatasban van a keleti
irnyba men buszok vgllomsa is.)
A Galatasaray az vros szve, innen indul az Istrikll (Isztambul stl utcja), ami a Taksim tren r vget. Rgi piros
retr villamos megy vgig rajta, amire rvnyes az Istambulcard. Az Istrikll utca msik vge a Galata toronyhoz vezet.
A krnyez kis utckban rdemes vsrolgatni, nem olyan drga, mint a Nagy Bazr.
A Kk Mecset valban ingyenes (csak borzaszt a lbszag, ezrt rdemes a meztlbra is zacskt hzni, ha levettk a
cipnket! No meg egszsggyi okokbl is). (Annyi a mecset, dzsmi, hogy a vgn mr nem tudunk klnbsget tenni.
Legfeljebb akkor izgat fel, ha jjel fl 4-kor a mzeim imra hv s nekelni kezd.)
A Haya Sofya mecset 30 lra (sajnos most bellrl tatarozzk, s csak az llvnyok mgtt talltuk meg az "Izzad falat",
ahol kvnni lehet. Eltte a tren rusok tukmljk az tiknyveket tbb nyelven, van kztk magyarul is, neknk 37-rl
sikerlt lealkudni 10 lirra!
A Topkapi palota s Hrem 30 15 lra (mivel egyms mellett vannak a Haya Sofya-val, de az htfn zrva, ezrt
egyszerre rdemes megnzni, de nem htfn!) Ezt nem szabad kihagyni, minimum fl nap!
A kzelben van a Yerebatan Sarnici, vagyis a Bazilika ciszterna (az Elsllyedt Palota), belp 20 lra.
Szintn a kzelben van a Hippodron tr s Hrrem szultna frdje (ez utbbiban egy frds 85 Eu-ba kerl, szerintem
nagyon drga!)
Felttlen meg kell nzni a Dolmabahce palott a Hremmel, 40 lra a belp, de megri. Itt halt meg Atatrk s az
utols ngy szultn is itt lt. (Legalbb fl napos program.) Cstrtkn zrva! (A T1 villamos vgllomshoz kzel,
Kabatasban tallhat, ahol a hajlloms van.)
Ltni kell mg a Sleymaniye-dzsmit, mgtte a temetvel, ahol eltemettk Szulejmnt s Hrrem szultnt, csak
sietni kell, mert mg 6 ra eltt bezrjk! A dzsmi mgtt tallhat Szulejmn frdje, ami mr csak 35 Eu-ba kerl.
A Redikule-erd este 6-ig van nyitva, 20 lra a belp, mi sajnos lekstk.
A Nagy Bazr tnyleg drgbb, mint a vros kisboltjai, de alkudni muszj! Megtallhat itt szinte minden brru, tska,
ridikl vilgmrka hamistvnya! Max. az els ajnlott r felig lehet elmenni az alkudozsban, utna mr
megsrtdnek s otthagyjk a vsrlt. (Vasrnap zrva)
A Fszerbazr bent drgbb, mint kvl az plet oldaln! Ott mg magyarul is beszl egy-kt elad. Sokfle mag
kaphat s dessgek minden mennyisgben. (Vasrnap zrva)
rdemes mg megltogatni a halpiacot Karakyben s mellette a kis ttermeket kiprblni. (Vagy a Galata-hd alatt
lv drgbb ttermekben enni.)
Az Ortakynegyedben egyszerre tbb valls tallkozik, mohamedn, iszlm, zsid, keresztny templomok tallhatak.
Viszont nagyon finom csokis-gymlcss gofrikat lehet 10-12 lrrt enni a Boszporusz parton tallhat bfk
egyikben.
A Levent-negyed mr a modern nagyvros hangulatt idzi, hatalmas bevsrlkzpontok, irodahzak jellemzik. Az
ruhzakban szinte minden vilgmrka megtallhat. Vsrlsnl rdemes kivrni az akr 70 %-os lertkelst, mert
klnben minden nagyon drga.
Az Etiler-negyed Isztambul Rzsadombja, sok parkkal, tgas terekkel. (Mi itt laktunk.)
Tancsok:
Csapvizet nem szabad inni, az utcn ruljk a fl literes flakonos vizet 50 kuruzsrt, vagy a frissen facsart narancslt
vagy grpfruitlt 3-9 lrrt.
Sok gyaloglsra kell szmtani, ezrt knyelmes cip s lenge ruha ajnlott. Mindig legyen nlunk kend, mert csak
azzal engednek be a dzsmikba.
rdemes elre megtervezni a napokat, mikor hova megynk, mi mikor van zrva, hogy ne kelljen ktszer ugyanarra a
helyre elmenni.
Este rdemes felmenni egy szlloda tetejre, mert csods a kilts. (Ezrt nem kell fizetni, felengednek.)
A taxi arnylag olcs, ha tbben vagyunk, akkor jobban megri, mint a tmegkzlekeds. (Mindkett olcsbb, mint

nlunk! A busz 2.10 lra /250 Ft/, a taxi 6 lra /720 Ft/ ugyanarra a busz tra)
Neknk kt fre kevs volt 8 napra az ezer lra (120 ezer Ft), vltanunk kellett t Eurt, 100 Eurt kaptunk 290 lirt.
Mindenkinek, aki ide utazik kellemes, szp lmnyekkel teli utat kvnok!

Bazr
A nagy bazr egy hatalmas fedett piac tbb mint 4000 bolttal, ahol mindent kapni lehet az aranytl a
sznyegen t a hastncos kosztmig. A 15.szzadban plt, 60 siktorral s tjrval rendelkezik, a turistk
mekkjnak szmt. Alkudni ktelez. A bazr krli utck nem sokat vltoztak az idk folyamn. Az itteni
boltok lttk el az ottomn palotkat is, innen ered az egyik hagyomnyos finomsg a Trk lvezet.

ttermek s telek
Isztambul tele van ttermekkel, a legtbb helyen mezze-t szolglnak fel, ami tbbfle eltelbl ll. Annyit
eszel amennyit akarsz s lebltheted egy helyi likrrel a rakival. A trk konyha a grg, az arab s az
eurpai konyha keverke s tbbnyire kiads levesekbl, hal s hstelekbl ll. Mindenbl csak keveset kell
enni, mgis jllakhat az ember. Az isztambuli ttermek tbbsge specializldott valamilyen konyhra, mezzere, kebabra vagy levesre. nem tl drgk s mg a vendgek szrakoztatsrl is gondoskodnak. A vendgek
gyakran tncra perdlnek az tteremben.

Hagia Sophia
Az Hagia Sophia volt a legnagyobb keresztny templom a biznci korszakban. Az isteni blcsessg
templomnak is nevezik. Amikor az ottomnok 1453-ban elfoglaltk a vrost, II.Mohamed egybl az Hagia
Sophia-hoz jtt s megtiltotta katoninak, hogy kifosszk. Mecsett alakttatta t s 1 ht mlva mr rszt vett
az els muszlim istentiszteleten. Az iszlm trvnyek tiltjk a halhatatlan llek brzolst ezrt a keresztny
mozaikokat bevakoltk tbb mint 500 ve. Ma a mecsetmzeum s az 1500 ves mozaikok nagy rszt
helyrelltottk. A kupolt kt grg matematikus tervezte s olyan fenomenlisra sikerlt hogy a mai napig
hatssal van a vallsos ptszetre.

Kk mecset - Isztambul ltnivalk

Az ottomn birodalom egykori kzpontjaknt tbb ltvnyos mecset van, mint brhol a vilgon. A Kk
mecsetet Ahmed szultn 17 ves korban kezdte pteni, mert gy szeretett volna vezekelni, mert tl sok idt
tlttt a hremben. A mecset igazi neve is Ahmed mecset. ptst 1616-ban fejeztk be egy vvel azeltt
hogy a szultn meghalt 27 ves korban. A kk rnyalat a tbb mint 20ezer iznik csempnek ksznhet, errl
kapta a kk mecset becenevet. Az iznik csempnek 2400 ves mltja van s egy Iznik nev teleplsrl
szrmazik Trkorszg szaknyugati rszrl. Ezek a csempk elnyerve a szultnok tetszst a 16.szzadban
ltk fnykorukat, de alig 100 v mlva a mestersg rejtlyes mdon eltnt. A kk mecset ma is a
legnpszerbb imahely s szvesen ltjk a vendgeket is. A nknek kendvel kell befednik a fejket s egy a
frfiaktl elvlasztott helyen kell lennik.

Rustem Pasa mecset

Sokkal kisebb, mint a Kk mecset, de rdemes ezt is megnzni. Itt is tallkozhatunk az iznik csempkkel,
amelyek 1550 s 1620 kztt kszltek. Ezek a kivteles csempk vltozatos geometriai formkkal s
virgmintkkal vannak dsztve. 40 klnbz tulipnmintt fedezhetnk fel rajtuk.

GRAND BAZAAR

T he Grand Bazaar (Kapalicarsi in Turkish) is one of the the largest covered markets
in the world with its 4400 shops, 3000 firms, some 17 hans (separate inns for specific
type of products), 64 streets,25.000 employees, 4 fountains, 2 mosques and 22 gates.
It's a real heaven for shoppers and a good opportunity for people to discover the
Turkish hospitality.

It looks like a labyrinth at first sight but it's actually not that complicated. All you have to do is to keep your
eyes on the main street (Kalpakcilarbasi Street, the jewelry street). The Bazaar was first constructed in 1464
with the order of Mehmed II 'the Conqueror' and had many restorations over the years due to the extensive fires
and destructive earthquakes. There are tens of cafs, a police station, little mosques, in the bazaar tourists
information points .
There are thousands of things you can find and purchase in the Grand Bazaar. The gate that one
usually enters into the bazaar is called "Nuruosmaniye Gate" that means "the light of the Ottomans". That takes
you directly to a shining street full of jewelry stores. Jewelry is one of the things could be purchased. Gold
prices are not low but due to the lower workmanship costs, you may find a huge variety of gold, precious stones
and semi precious stones like sapphire, ruby or emeralds at reasonable prices. Bargaining is always possible.
Before you purchase, it's recommended to ask more than 3-4 shops so that you can get the best price. The main
street goes all the way up till the other exit and it's all full of jewelry stores....
A nother item which is important to our culture is carpets . When you're walking on the streets in the Bazaar,
some people might approach you and invite you to see their collections of carpets. They are commission-men
and if you like them you can go to the shops they mention but you may also reject them. They seem insistent but
if you don't care about them, they go away. Carpet shops are usually spread out to smaller parallel streets and
the purchasing decision is usually very hard. When you walk into a carpet shop, you're first offered coffee, tea
or coke without any obligation of buying usually with a warm smile. The carpets are from several different
regions of Turkey and the salesman tells about them one by one starting from less quality ones to higher quality
(higher price of course!) ones. Bartering with them is a real fun!
O ther than those of higher value items, there are good leather shops in the Bazaar. Leather could be found in a
han on the left hand side of the main street called "Leather Goods Section". There are also good ceramic items,
wall plates and good tile plates. You may also find silverware, copperware, fake brand t-shirts like Tommy
Hilfiger as well as good Istanbul or Turkey t-shirts all around the bazaar. There are also belly-dancers costumes
and traditional folkloric costumes. As you walk into deeper sides of the bazaar, you may explore heavens of
religious icons, antique or used watches or old pages of calligraphies. One cheaper thing is the amber stone. You
may find beautiful amber-stone work in the bazaar.

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A s you see, it's a real fun to stroll around the bazaar and explore small and humble shops which offers you lots
of beautiful souvenir items for your pleasure.
The oldest and largest covered bazaar in the world is situated in the heart of the city. One cannot appreciate this
market without visiting it. It resembles a giant labyrinth with approximately sixty lanes and more than three
thousand shops.
The bazaar consisted originally of two 15th century buildings with thick walls that were covered with a
series of domes. In later centuries the streets around these buildings developed and were covered and new
additions were made, turning it into a trading center. In the past each lane was reserved for a different profession
and the handicrafts produced here were rigorously controlled.
Business ethics and traditions were strictly adhered to.
All types of jewelry, fabrics, weaponry and antiques were sold by merchants whose expertise in the trade went
back for generations. At the end of the last century the bazaar suffered an earthquake and several fires.
Although it was repaired according to its original plan, it lost its former characteristics and deteriorated.
In the old days the tradesmen commanded so much respect and trust that people asked them to safeguard and to
invest their money . Today the shops in many lanes have changed character. Trades such as quilt makers,
slipper makers and fez makers only remain as street names now.
The so-called main street of the bazaar is lined with jewelry shops, and a side lane opening to this street is
allocated to goldsmiths. Prices vary and bargaining is customary in these rather small shops.
Although the bazaar retains its former charm and allure, since the 1970's the modern and large enterprises near
the main entrance offer better shopping opportunities for the tourist groups visiting Istanbul.
The covered bazaar is crowded and bustling the whole day. Shop owners insistently invite the visitors to their
shops. In the large and comfortable shops at the entrance one can find examples of all the hand-made articles
produced in Turkey. The handmade carpets and jewelry sold here are the finest examples of traditional Turkish
art. Every item on sale carries its tag of authen-ticity and it can be shipped to anywhere in the world.
Along with the carpets and jewelry, these shops offer a wide collection of high-quality Turkish silverware,
copper and bronze souvenirs and decorative objects, ceramics, and onyx and leather goods.
The Spice Bazaar is another covered market place on a smaller scale. A small 15th century covered bazaar in
Galata is still in use.

Spice Bazaar (Misir arisi)