Visit Istanbul, Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: The Grand Bazaar, a cruise on the Bosporus and a final glass of tea at the cafe Pierre Lodi to end our visit to Istanbul. [...]

Visit Istanbul, Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: The Topkapı Palace is the old Ottoman imperial palace in Istanbul. It was built in 1459 by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror and was the seat [...]

Visit Istanbul, Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: Hagia Sophia is a former basilica, later a mosque, now a museum. It dominated the Constantinople/Istanbul skyline for centuries and was the largest cathedral in [...]

Visit Istanbul, Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: The ancient walls of Constantinople built by Theodosius II in 413 A.D. Also see the fortress of seven towers at the Southern end of the [...]

Visit Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: The ancient ruins of Ephesus (site of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world), the hot springs of Pamukkale, the ruins of Hieropolis and [...]

Visit Istanbul Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: The european style Dolmabahçe Palace and the lovely town of Ortaköy at the base of the Bosphorus bridge click here to download

Visit Eastern Turkey with the Amateur Traveler: The marketplace and mosque of Urfa (where the Turks say that Abraham was born) and the museum and marketplace of Gaziantep click here to download

Visit Istanbul with the Amateur Traveler: The church St Saviour in Chora has some of the best frescoes and mosaics from the Byzantine period click here to download (m4v)