Showing posts with label Ortaköy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ortaköy. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

An afternoon of nargile at Cırağan Palace Kempinski

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 My friend Barb and I had planned to meet a bunch of friends in Istanbul's Yıldız Park for a fitness challenge this weekend. Unfortunate...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Five Minutes of Magic

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I saw the man first. He was in a long royal purple tunic with white pants. A cult member, surely, I thought. Then I rounded the corner ...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Turks and their Hammams - a couple stories of how they use them

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Recently, I enjoyed my first Istanbul hammam at Çirağan Palace Kempinski , the famous Ottoman Imperial Palace hotel on the Bosphorus, which...
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Part Two of My First Istanbul Hammam Adventure at Çirağan Palace Kempinski Hotel

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The hammam at Cirağan Palace Kempinski There are some discoveries in Turkey that are so delightful, they bring the immediate thought, “wh...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

My first Hammam in Istanbul at the Çirağan Palace Kempinski Hotel, Part One

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Çirağan Palace Kempinski in the snow In my new Beşiktaş neighborhood in Istanbul, not five minutes from my house, is the only Ottoman ...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

A Birthday Hike in the Belgrad Forest

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  The entrance to the Belgrad Forest Back in Istanbul, after a week in France, I was excited to see that a Turkish friend was organizi...
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