Istanbul [antikvár]

WELCOME TO ISTANBULIstanbul, once a city that aroused the curiosities of travellers as the centre of the world, is a metropolis where Eastern and Western civilizations meet. In the city, the contemporary western way of life exists together with the traditional. Modem buildings and art forms appear side by side with classical Turkish, Byzantine and Roman masterpieces. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, owing largely to its status as the most active trade, import and export, industrial, entertainment and educational centre of the country. The climate in Istanbul is mild and the landscape, with sea and land intermingling in delicate harmony, is beautiful.The Bosphorus is beautiful year round, even in the rainy - and occasionally snowy -days of the winter. Spring, with its different shades of green and blossoming trees is rather short and the month of May marks the beginning of summer in Istanbul. Also in May thousands of travellers from all parts of the world