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On arrival we are welcomed by women in traditional garb with the typical drinks and musicians |
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Welcome drink on the roof of the hotel, with a view of Istanbul and the Bosphorus |
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We stayed in one of Turkey's top-class hotels |
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Our first introduction to Istanbul on an open bus |
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Dinner in a restaurant that used to be Turkish bathhouse |
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Only later we would be experiencing the complete Hamam treatment with massage in a real bathhouse from 1640 |
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We discover the Turkey of the Turks, trying Turkish tea, pancakes, kebab, raki and of course the water pipe. |
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We visit Istanbul's most famous landmarks |
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We charter a luxury boat on the Bosphorus
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With live music, drinks galore, fortune-teller, shoe-polisher and belly dancer
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Gala dinner in a unique historic location. Champagne plus a view of Istanbul-by-night.
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We are serenaded by a classical music group with a fantastic singer
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