This is a walking tour from the Egyptian Market in Istanbul to the Grand Bazaar. If you love shopping then you will love this ...

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1) It’s big. It’s chaotic. Get over it. If you’re anything like us, you’ll spend the time it takes to get here — and the first five minutes shuffling past all the leather jackets — freaking out.

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...

Turkey's historic Grand Bazaar will reopen for shopping as of June 1, the chairman of the iconic tourist destination said Friday. Fatih Kurtulmus, chairman of the Grand Bazaar’s (Kapalicarsi) board, ...

The advice that guidebooks are likely to dispense about visiting Kapaliçari, Istanbul's Grand Bazaar—"Learn to haggle" or, perhaps, "Guard against pickpockets"—reduces the world's oldest covered ...

Shoppers walk down a corridor in Istanbul's fabled Grand Bazaar. Bob Krist/Corbis Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is the world’s most-visited tourist attraction—a cacophony of haggling vendors and tempting ...

I recently vacationed in Turkey with the intention of clearing my head of business and soaking up one of the most vibrant cultures in the world. While I was able to do both (most of the time), I ...

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Where heritage Turkish crafts once flourished under the Ottoman-era marketplace's painted ceilings, the elegant carpet store run by Hasim Gureli is now surrounded by shops selling designer dupes.