Istanbul, Turkey
June, 2015
There is only one "Grand Bazaar" and it is in Istanbul. Travel+Leisure magazine tags it as the world's #1 most visited place with 250,000 to 400,000 visitors a day. It has 61 streets and over 4000 shops all inside covered buildings. The granddaddy of all malls, the Grand Bazaar truly lives up to its adjective. It is no doubt a shoppers paradise! The labyrinth of streets and the bargaining reminded me of Chennai's old Moore Market, which unfortunately was lost in a fire in 1985.
June, 2015
There is only one "Grand Bazaar" and it is in Istanbul. Travel+Leisure magazine tags it as the world's #1 most visited place with 250,000 to 400,000 visitors a day. It has 61 streets and over 4000 shops all inside covered buildings. The granddaddy of all malls, the Grand Bazaar truly lives up to its adjective. It is no doubt a shoppers paradise! The labyrinth of streets and the bargaining reminded me of Chennai's old Moore Market, which unfortunately was lost in a fire in 1985.
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| The Grand Bazaar spans over the colored areas in this map. All the shops are inside the buildings that make the Grand Bazaar. Courtesy: greatistanbul.com |
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| One of the many entrances to the Grand Bazaar. Built in 1461, it could be called the first indoor shopping mall of the world! |
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| It is not very difficult to get lost inside Grand Bazaar. We kept one of the shops as our anchor and remembered how many left and right turns we had taken :) |
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| Yummy Turkish Delights !!! (:-P.. |
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| Nuts & Dried Fruits. Dried Kiwi was my favorite. |
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| Jewellery, clothes, hand bags, shoes and anything you could think of can be bought in the Grand Bazaar. Of course, prices are very much negotiable !!! |
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