TURKEY

Istanbul is one of my favorite cities in the world. I love its hilly streets, majestic mosques, and unparalleled river views. It’s a city with …

Istanbul is one of our favorite destinations in the world. Personally, it’s in my top three. It’s an awe-inspiring city with breathtaking mosques, a fascinating …

I love Turkish food. It’s one of my favorite cuisines in the world and a big reason why Istanbul is one of our favorite cities …

Turkish food is amazing. It’s one of my favorite cuisines in the world and there’s no better place to enjoy it than in Istanbul (which …

Are you familiar with Balkan food? Not as many people are because it isn’t a trendy cuisine. Plus, it comes from a region in Europe …

Around Sultanahmet Square is where you’ll find the city’s biggest cistern, it’s grandest mosque, and the iconic Ayasofya which is Istanbul’s most revered tourist attraction.

We had already seen all of Istanbul’s major sites so we wanted to do something that was still fun but a little more relaxed on our fifth and final day. Going on a scenic all-day cruise of the Bosphorus — an experience that some say is one of Istanbul’s greatest pleasures — was exactly that.

As enticing a reason as any to cross the Bosphorus into Asia, Çiya Sofrası has been hailed by more than one source as possibly the best restaurant in all of Istanbul.

Turkish food is described as the continuation of Ottoman Empire cuisine. The Ottomans fused Central Asian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Eastern European, and Balkan cuisines to create one of the world’s most diverse and influential cuisines.

We ate many delicious things in Turkey, but if I had to eat just one dish for the entire two weeks, then I would happily choose dürüm. And not just any dürüm, but the dürüm from Dürümzade, hailed by Anthony Bourdain as some of the best wraps in Istanbul.