Welcome to Sasha's Istanbul Travel Guide - a detailed online guidebook on health, transportation, emergency contacts, tipping, staying in touch, shopping and sightseeing, museum listings and entertainment in Istanbul. Comprehensive bar and restaurant guides are also included.
It can be frustrating and time-consuming to research your travel destination. We live and work in Istanbul and know it like a back of our hand. We are always happy when people come and visit our beautiful home city and want you to have as much information about Istanbul as possible. That is why we have put together an online Istanbul Travel Guide full of essential information for your trip.
Istanbul is often described as “the crossroads of Europe and Asia”. This metropolis of 12 million has been the center of world trade since the Byzantine era when its silks, carpets, sweets and jewelry were the envy of all empires.