A short selection of our Istanbul favourites.

1. Visit extraordinary Blue Mosque and Aya Sophya

2. Get lost in the Grand Bazaar, buy what you do not need and then recover in a hamam

3. Taste water pipe and çay (local tea) while playing backgammon on the Galata Bridge

4. Take a breathtaking boat trip on the Bosporus up to the Black Sea

5. Wander around Beyoglu streets and meet the Istanbulite fashion victims