January 2013 ~ Travel Turkey

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

The Istanbul Naval Museum is a national naval museum of the Republic of Turkey, located in Istanbul. It was established in 1897 by the Ottoman Minister of Navy Bozcaadali Hasan Husnu Pasha. The museum contains an important collection of military artifacts pertaining to the Ottoman Navy.The museum is located on Hayrettin Iskelesi Sok.80690 Besiktas, Istanbul, near the Besiktas ferry. In the field of maritime, it is Turkey's largest museum, with a great variety of collections. Around 20.000 pieces are present in it's collection. Being connected to the sea-forces commander in Turkey, it is also the countrie's first military museum. There is no any daily tour to Naval Museum that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey trip.

Naval Museum

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Akmerkez is a shopping mall located in the Etiler quarter of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned on December 18, 1993. The Akmerkez complex covers an area of 180,000 m² and consists of a four-stores shopping area, with two towers offering 14 and 17 stories of office space, and a third tower with 24 stories of residential areas. The shopping area, offering visitors close to 250 stores, is spread over a triangular area connected to the surrounding main roads through 3 atria. There are 41 escalators, 2 panoramic elevators and 30 elevators providing greater speed and easy access for visitors. 2-2.5 million people visit the shopping center monthly. It provides women's, men's and children's clothing and textiles, stationery, toys, sports shoes, eyewear and gift shops along with restaurants, a hairdresser, a currency exchange office, electronic goods, car maintenance, shoe shine services, a dry cleaner, a tailor, travel agents, orthopedic goods and a supermarket. Also, there cinema, restaurants and book shops there. Akmerkez is in Etiler area that best way to go there by taxi or you can include in your Istanbul tours itinerary or you can take shopping tour in Istanbul.

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Monday, January 28, 2013

Shopping Center Capacity

Shopping Center Capacity

Capacity Bakirkoy Shopping Center, the biggest shopping center of the spot defined as 3rd District of Istanbul, serves its visitors as a center of life and shopping. Capacity, which took its place among the select and popular shopping centers of Turkey opened it gates in November, 2007, and has reached aimed customer profile with its genuine peculiarity as of the moment it opened its gates, has been visited by about 63 thousand people daily. So, there is many shopping places to buy clothing, shoes, textile, gift shops and there is many restaurants as well. Also, Bakirkoy is once center area in Istanbul and best way to go there by taxi or you can take a public bus from Taksim Suquare or from Eminonu station. Also, there is another option that you can include in your Istanbul tours itinerary or you can take private shopping tour to go to whole shopping centers or private Istanbul tour.

Shopping Center Capacity

Bursa

Bursa Tour

Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. Bursa had a population of 1.9 million as of 2010, making the city 4th most populous in Turkey. Bursa is also the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the country. Bursa is settled on the slopes of Mountain Uludag in the southern Marmara Region. The city is mostly known as Yesil Bursa which means Green Bursa in a reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in its surrounding region. The city is famous with Mount Uludag which lies behind and which is also a famous ski resort. It is a city of early Ottoman sultans and the numerous early ottoman buildings which constitute the city's main landmarks. Thermal baths, several interesting museums, a rich museum of archaeology, and a rather orderly urban growth are further principal elements of Bursa. So, there is daily tours to Bursa from Istanbul and it's available booking via local travel agency in Istanbul. Turkey and Greece Tours: Bursa half-day tour and Bursa full-day tour with private or small-group. Turkey Tours from Bursa. Bursa to Istanbul tours, or Bursa to Cappadocia tours, or Bursa to Fethiye tours, or Bursa to Ephesus tour, or Bursa to Konya trips. Bursa to Izmir tours, Bursa to Pergamon tour. Bursa to Ankara tour, Bursa to Antalya trip, Bursa to Kas tours. Bursa to Gallipoli tours, Bursa to Troy tour. Bursa to Trabzon tour, or Bursa to Sinop tour, or Bursa to Sivas tour. Bursa to Marmaris holiday, Bursa to Alanya holiday, or Bursa to Cesme trips, Bursa to Bodrum tours. Bursa to Athens tours, or Bursa to Santorini tour and Bursa to Greece tours or Bursa to Greek Islands tours. Travel to Greece and Turkey: Istanbul to Bursa tour, or Izmir to Bursa tour, or Kusadasi to Bursa tour. Konya to Bursa tour, or Ankara to Bursa tour, or Bodrum to Bursa trip, or Antalya to Bursa tour, or Athens to Bursa tour, Cesme to Bursa tour. Bursa tour from Antalya, or Bursa trip from Bodrum, or Bursa tour from Cesme. Bursa tour from Trabzon, or Bursa trip from Sinop, or Bursa tour from Sivas. Bursa Jewis Heritage tour from Istanbul. Bursa ancient city tour from Fethiye, or Bursa Islamic Tour, or Bursa Ottoman Tour, or Bursa biblical tour from Pamukkale. Bursa tour from Cappadocia. Bursa tour from Greece, or Bursa trip from Greek Islands.

Bursa Trip

Istanbul to Bursa Tour

Bursa Islamic Tour

Bursa Ottoman Tour

Bursa Ertugrul Tour

Travel to Bursa Ertugrul Gazi Tomb

Dirilis Ertugrul Private Tour

One Day Bursa Tour

Dirilis Ertugrul Tour

Half Day Bursa Tour

Full Day Bursa Trip

Bursa City Tour

Bursa Museum Tour

Ankara to Bursa Tour

Bursa Package Tour

Private Bursa Tour

Bursa Historical Tour

Bursa Ertuğrul Gazi Tour

Bursa

Bursa City Museum Tour

Bursa Shoping Tour

Travel to Bursa

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Istanbul Aviation Museum

The Istanbul Aviation Museum is a military-based museum, managed by Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in the Yesilkoy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The area of museum is 65,000 m². In 1963, he issued a warrant to protect special aircrafts and other units of the Air Force, and on May 15, 1971, Turkey’s first aviation museum officially opened in Cuma ovası. The museum not only presents various warplanes, helicopters and weapons used by Turkish Air Force, but also civilian air transport and many samples of Turkish aeronautics history, starting from Ottoman era. The best way to get there from a city center is to take a train from Sirkeci station to Yesilkoy. The trip takes ~40 minutes, the trains ride every 20 min.