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Karaköy Fish Bazaar - Karaköy Balık Pazarı
Fish Bazaar, Karaköy, Beyoğlu District, Istanbul, TR
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Istanbul's Grand Bazaar (Kapali Çarsi, or Covered Market) is Turkey's largest covered market offering excellent shopping: beautiful Turkish carpets, glazed tiles and pottery, copper and brassware, apparel made of leather, cotton and wool, meerschaum pipes, alabaster bookends and ashtrays, and all sorts of other things.
Most guidebooks claim that it has 4000 shops. Because of consolidation and replacement of shops by restaurants and other services the number is certainly lower, but you get the idea: it has lots of shops. Not all of them, by the way, are for tourists; locals shop here as well, lending a welcome dose of authenticity.
A dozen restaurants in the bazaar allow you to have lunch in the midst of your shopping. Note that the bazaar is closed entirely on Sunday, as is the Egyptian (Spice) Market.
You'll want to hone your bargaining skills before you plunge into the markets. Tips...
Beware of pickpockets and bag-slashers in the crowds.
Divan Yolu, the avenue from Sultanahmet to Beyazit Square (the large plaza next to the Grand Bazaar) offers many interesting sights so the walk is a pleasant one.
However, the easiest way to get from Sultanahmet to the Kapali Carsi (and vice-versa) is via the Zeytinburnu tram uphill from Sultanahmet; get out at the Çarsikapi stop.
By the way, going by taxi is not so great (and certainly not cheap) because your taxi must negotiate a tortuous route around one-way streets, pedestrian-only and tramcar-only areas.
To really see Istanbul's markets, take my Istanbul Bazaars Walking Tour from the Grand Bazaar downhill along Uzunçarsi Caddesi ("Longmarket Street") to the Rüstem Pasha Mosque and the Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar on the Golden Horn by the Galata Bridge.
For funny stories about buying antiques in and around the Grand Bazaar, see my Bright Sun, Strong Tea excerpts entitled "Aladdin's Lamp Shop" and "Rockefeller Geldi!"
For more detailed info on shopping in Istanbul, pick up a copy of The Guide Istanbul, and The Treasures and Pleasures of Turkey: Best of the Best in Travel and Shopping.
The World Bazaar area of Tokyo Disneyland, situated directly in-front of the main entrance. This little strip of shops contains just about every Disney souvenir you could think of. Now, for "Christmas Fantasy" the entire park was completely decorated, including this beautiful Christmas tree!
The Grand Bazaar (Bāzār e Bozorg) is an old historical bazaar in Tehran, Iran. It is split into several corridors over 10 kilometres in length, each specializing in different types of goods, and has several entrances, with Sabze-Meydan being the main entrance.
In addition to shops, the Grand Bazaar contains mosques, guest houses, and banks.
The bazaar grew as a "city within a city" for much of the 19th century, but there has been an open bazaar long before. (Wikipedia)
Charminar during Ramzan - In and around
The Charminar was constructed on the intersection of the historical trade route that connects the markets of Golconda with the port city of Masulipatnam.The Old City of Hyderabad was designed with Charminar as its centerpiece. The city was spread around the Charminar in four different quadrants and chambers, seggregated according to the established settlements. Towards the north of Charminar is the Char Kaman, or four gateways, constructed in the cardinal directions. Mir Momin Astarabadi, Qutb Shah's prime minister, played a leading role in preparing the layout plan for the Charminar along with that of the new capital city, Hyderabad. Additional eminent architects from Persia were also invited to develop the city plan. The structure itself was intended to serve as a Mosque and Madraasa. It is of Indo-Islamic architecture style, incorporating Persian architectural elements.
The Charminar is a square structure with each side 20 meters (approximately 66 feet) long, with four grand arches each facing a fundamental point that open into four streets. At each corner stands an exquisitely shaped minaret, 56 meters (approximately 184 feet) high, with a double balcony. Each minaret is crowned by a bulbous dome with dainty petal-like designs at the base. Unlike the Taj Mahal's, Charminar's four fluted minarets are built into the main structure. There are 149 winding steps to reach the upper floor. The structure is also known for its profusion of stucco decorations and the arrangement of its balustrades and balconies.
The structure is made of granite, limestone, mortar and pulverised marble. Initially the monument with its four arches was so proportionately planned that when the fort was opened one could catch a glimpse of the bustling Hyderabad city, as these Charminar arches were facing the most active royal ancestral streets.
There is also a legend of an underground tunnel connecting the Golkonda fort to Charminar, possibly intended as an escape route for the Qutb Shahi rulers in case of a siege, though the location of the tunnel is unknown.
A mosque is located at the western end of the open roof; remaining part of the roof served as a court during the Qutb Shahi times. The actual mosque occupies the top floor of the four-storey structure. A vault which appears from inside like a dome supports two galleries within the Charminar, one over another, and above those a terrace that serves as a roof, bordered with a stone balcony. The main gallery has 45 covered prayer spaces with a large open space in front to accommodate more people for Friday prayers.
The clock on the four cardinal directions was added in 1889. There is a vazu (water cistern) in the middle, with a small fountain for ablution before offering prayer in the Charminar Mosque.
Istanbul, Turkey
The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning Covered Bazaar) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 4,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and half a million visitors daily.
Chor Bazaar, Mumbai, India
The first time I ever set foot in the narrow people strewed streets of Mutton Galli, better known to most as Chor Bazaar I had a fever and a protogen induced delirium that one associates with such increased body temperature. Yesterday I realised that my state mental confusion and fluctuating consciousness was not a side effect of my fever but had merely set in atmospherically in the almost magical entrepreneurial magic that weaves together one of the worlds most enchanting bazaars.