Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...
n the July/August 2006 issue of Traveler, Raphael Kadushin visits Istanbul, the fast-growing Turkish city sprawling across two continents. A perennial boomtown, Istanbul welcomes some 400,000 ...
Istanbul is the only city in the world that's spread over two continents, with the Bosphorus strait forming the dividing line between Europe and Asia. The Golden Horn, an inlet stemming from the ...