This is a walking tour from the Egyptian Market in Istanbul to the Grand Bazaar. If you love shopping then you will love this ...

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." So says Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) to a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in 1977's "Star Wars: A New Hope." He was talking, of ...

1) It’s big. It’s chaotic. Get over it. If you’re anything like us, you’ll spend the time it takes to get here — and the first five minutes shuffling past all the leather jackets — freaking out.

The advice that guidebooks are likely to dispense about visiting Kapaliçari, Istanbul's Grand Bazaar—"Learn to haggle" or, perhaps, "Guard against pickpockets"—reduces the world's oldest covered ...

Istanbul's 550-year-old Grand Bazaar has pretty much seen it all, but not freerunning – until now. Watch Dominic Di Tommaso and Hazal Nehir adventure through the ages in The Grand Maze. Istanbul's ...

Turkey's historic Grand Bazaar will reopen for shopping as of June 1, the chairman of the iconic tourist destination said Friday. Fatih Kurtulmus, chairman of the Grand Bazaar’s (Kapalicarsi) board, ...

Shoppers walk down a corridor in Istanbul's fabled Grand Bazaar. Bob Krist/Corbis Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is the world’s most-visited tourist attraction—a cacophony of haggling vendors and tempting ...

The famous Grand Bazaar, situated at the heart of Istanbul, is one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world. Dating back to the 15th century, the major landmark is a starting point of ...

I recently vacationed in Turkey with the intention of clearing my head of business and soaking up one of the most vibrant cultures in the world. While I was able to do both (most of the time), I ...

Where heritage Turkish crafts once flourished under the Ottoman-era marketplace's painted ceilings, the elegant carpet store run by Hasim Gureli is now surrounded by shops selling designer dupes.

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