A beautiful room with high ceilings, ornate light fittings, comfy sofas, chess sets, furnishings bought from the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul ... serving Yemani coffee, Turkish roast, Ottoman teas ...

Our guide, Esin, energetic and ebullient, will spend the next five hours with our group of three, walking and sampling food of an area around the Grand Bazaar ... We have coffee, before visiting ...

chess sets, furnishings bought from the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, portraits of Sultans. After being initially used for private functions it emerged as a community coffeehouse serving Yemani coffee, ...

At dawn, the port of Galata in Istanbul is marked by empty alleys, shuttered cafés and slumbering cats. “I’m off to sea,” I ...

Dominated by its imposing castle, the town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, full of ancient stone houses with wooden balconies, winding cobblestoned streets and steep staircases leading to the ...

(Keep an eye out for the fox footprints set into the concrete floor ... be sourced from the local area (aside from proper tea and coffee, and perhaps a glass of crisp Champagne.) ...

While it's easy to spend the whole time in cosseted luxury, venture out and there’s plenty to do in and around the city, from the unmissable Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque to the frankincense ... The ...

Fears of counterfeit $50 and $100 bills have disrupted foreign-exchange trade at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Some bureaus at the bazaar, a traditional hub for currency trading, stopped purchasing ...

Other activities include a hands-on Turkish coffee workshop, Turkish shadow puppetry, and a look at a traditional Turkish henna night, "a pre-wedding tradition that celebrates the bride’s transition ...