Istanbul Becomes the Last Stop on the 'Grand Tour'
Istanbul, Turkey
With the prices of a high-end hotel rooms in Paris, Amsterdam, and Vienna soaring, it is nearly impossible to tour Europe in style. Instead of experiencing Venice, Stockholm, or Amsterdam without views of the canals, skip the western half of the continent altogether and head to Istanbul, where the "Grand Tour" tradition lives on thanks to stately hotels, accommodating locals, and an incredibly dense collection of outstanding cultural artifacts.
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