Spend your vacation by visiting Sultanahmet Istanbul

Spend your vacation by visiting Sultanahmet Istanbul
If you haven`t visited Turkey and especially Sultanahmet in Istanbul then you must have to visit this place in your first coming vacations. This is a place that you will love to go again and again after your first visit. This is an old historic place in the city and modern Turkey. Here you can find some great historic scenes and building that you may not be able to find anywhere else in Turkey. The other thing is that here you can have excellent hotel facility. You can find different hotels which are offering you stay at different rates. So you can select the one according to your affordability and taste. One of the best hotels which you can find there is http://www.hotelceline.com/  because it is offering you excellent services and facilities but charging you very nominal rates for your stay. So you can try them for your stay to Sultanahmet.

The Eternal Mystery

Istanbul Tourism has grown because of the cities mystery. Her dance has dazzled some of the greatest men in history: Justinian, Constantine and Mehmet the Conqueror, who all made her the queen of their empires. With each marriage, her name changed from Byzantium, to Constantinople to Istanbul.

Istanbul has always been a stunning beauty: from head to toe, her curvaceous shores are lined with grand palaces and villas; her seven hills are dressed in green parks and red roofs; her accessories are glittering domes and minarets. But her main attraction has to be her dowry: the waters of the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus.

Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hamam (Bath)

Hürrem Bath is also known as Haseki Bath, Hagia Sophia Bath or Haseki Hürrem Bath and located between the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet. The bath was built with an order of Hürrem, Hürrem was Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent’s wife, by Architect Sinan in 1556.

According to a rumor, the bath was built because Hürrem Sultan, when she was pregnant for Şehzade Cihangir, was assassinated an exposure by Haseki Gülbahar and Ibrahim Pasha. Hürrem was left alone with a snake in the bath of palace and subsequently she said to Sultan Süleyman that she wanted to make a bath built.

Istanbul

Istanbul is a world metropolis with a population of 10 million and a very wide stretch of  inhabited area. One's first impression is that Istanbul is a lively city. You feel its heartbeats in the most unlikely street corner.  In spite of its magnitude, it has the human qualities of a small community because Istanbul is a city of contrasts where the ancient allies with the modern, not only in terms of organization, but the way people think and behave.

The history of this bewitching city dates back 2500 years.It was founded by Greek colonists (660 BC) in Khalkedon (Kadikoy) known as the Land of the Blind because the founders did not prefer the more attractive European shores.

Arrival in Istanbul

Istanbul has two international airports; Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. Mostly the Ataturk Airport is used by major airlines as it is in the European side of Istanbul. The conference venue and hotels are in European side close to Taksim Sqauare, as well.

From the Ataturk Airport to the City Centre –Taksim Square (~25 km):

Ataturk International Airport is located 25 km from Taksim Square (city centre)

By Taxi: A taxi from the airport to the Taksim Square costs between 17€ to 20€. The trip takes between 35 and 65 minutes depending on stream of traffic.
Note: The taxi rates are same all day and night long.