Vacation Guide To Istanbul, Turkey October 13, 2015 / 8:00 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh Istanbul straddles two continents, Asia and Europe, and has been a bustling metropolis for centuries.

Welcome to Istanbul (not Constantinople), the legendary city where East meets West, where Europe and Asia collide. It’s been the epicenter of clashes between civilizations for centuries. There ...

Istanbul is the world’s top travel destination according to TripAdvisor’s 2014 Traveler’s Choice awards. It’s also a very large city of more than 2,000 square miles and somewhere in the ...

My favourite monument in Istanbul is the Aya Sofya. The minute we walked into the dim expanse of the church-turned-mosque-turned-secular-tourist-attraction, the atmosphere gripped me. I remember ...

Istanbul straddles two continents, Asia and Europe, and has been a bustling metropolis for centuries. What was once the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, Istanbul is now a unique place ...