Thursday, October 27, 2005

IOL: Istanbul's Grand Bazaar melds the old and new

"Istanbul's Grand Bazaar melds the old and new

October 26 2005 at 01:47PM

By Claudia Steiner

Istanbul - Istanbul is a melange of the contemporary and traditional.

Districts like Nisantasi and the chic residential areas on the Bosporus have a modern, Mediterranean flair. But when tourists visit the Grand Bazaar in Beyazit, on the European side of the strait, they are transported into a tale of 1 001 nights."

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