Category Archives: Istanbul

Last day today in Istanbul, had a big late breakfast than final pack up, brought all luggage down to concierge, and completed the check out process. Now to browse the side streets of Taksim and spend the day just chillaxing! … Continue reading →

Today for breakfast we decided to try the iST cafe in Istiklal St (we had our first Taksim lunch here). Breakfast was good, but not to the buffet style variety of Titanic. Still they have the best milkshakes! Plan today … Continue reading →

Breakfast in Titanic hotel was much better than the Efendi offering. I guess it was more in line with what we were used to, had a big brunch!Plan today was to visit the Gelata tower and its surrounding streets, for … Continue reading →

Checkout day from the Efendi hotel, today we move to the new side, our next hotel is on the Taksim side. Got our luggage packed and moved to the lobby, the plan was to go out for a last walk … Continue reading →

Another small surprise today at breakfast, our friend Ahmet had apparently visited the hotel yesterday evening – luckily we were out!!! This guy was turning into a serial stalker…. !! He had left us two boxes of Turkish Delights with … Continue reading →

Plan today was to first visit Istanbul’s largest mall, following that, finish of 2 local sights close to the hotel. Breakfast first, now getting used to the Turkish style morning foods and was loving their cake varieties. There was also a small surprise from … Continue reading →

Cold and cloudy morning greeted us today with chances of rain. Decided to take the hop-on-hop-off tour buses going through regions of Istanbul and visiting major sights. Bus departed at 10:30 from our area. Made our way the Gelata Bridge, … Continue reading →

Plan today was a visit to the famous Grand Bazaar, but first was a shave for me and Jayesh, Turkish style. The local barbers place was around the corner from our hotel – everything was so close. Shaved and feeling … Continue reading →

Flight to Istanbul was long – 11.5 hours of flying time, but it did not feel that way at all, must be night flights, makes you sleep well. Flight landed in Istanbul around 5am, before clearing immigration we had to … Continue reading →