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Turks know it as the Kapali Carsi, and the massive, sprawling roofed Grand Bazaar is one of the main tourist attractions in the city of Istanbul . Its seemingly labyrinthine structure is easier to navigate than it looks, and snakes past wares of every imaginable kind.
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Bazaar of Kashan (Persian: بازار کاشان Bāzār-e Kāshān) is an old bazaar in the center of the city of Kashan, Iran. It is thought to have been built in the Seljuk era with renovations during the Safavid period.
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These lamps are sold in a lot of places, but the density is probably the highest in the great bazaar as the shops are so small that every square inch is being used, sometimes creating very colourful intensity.
Unfortunately I had no tripod with me, and the OIS could not completely remove the long exposure focus problems.
The interior of the Spice Bazaar, an L-shaped market with barrel vaulted ceilings. You can find wonderful spices, sweet meats, caviar, honey, nuts and things of that nature as well as tourist trinkets.
The Grand 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. Construction began in 1455 (just two years after the Ottoman conquest), and the Grand Bazaar opened in 1461. The sprawling complex consists of 12 major buildings and has 22 doors.
Richard haggled for a sultan's hat and had the vendor down to quite a bargain but ended up not buying it because it was too small. We didn't buy any belly dancing costumes, either, but we could have.
Chor Bazaar (also called Bhendi Bazaar) in South Mumbai is one of the largest flea markets in India. The word Chor means "thief" in Hindi-Urdu. Chor bazar is Mumbai's famous Thieves Market where bargain-hungry tourists rummage for Ming vases and Muranos at throwaway prices. The main avenue is Mutton Street, flanked by rows of little antique shops that look like musty attics and sell just about anything at bargain prices from old ship parts, grandfather clocks, gramophones, to crystal chandeliers and old English tea sets antiques at throwaway prices, including colonial-era lamps, Art Deco clocks and trinkets of every kind. A store called Mini Market also offers old Bollywood posters for sale. Others offer authentic Victorian furniture, wonderful for browsers, antiquarians and restorers. Although bargains are sometimes staggering, most of the shop owners are pretty street smart and haggling is considered mandatory. This area can be considered one of the tourist attractions of Mumbai.
This is basically an "organized" flea market, where one has to rummage through junk and hopefully find treasures. The reason it is known as "thief's market", is because it assumed that goods sold there are stolen. Chor Bazaar is off the beaten path, but everyone knows about it. It is basically a maze of alleys.
Most of proper shops are closed on Friday as this area is in the heartland of one of the largest Muslim populations in Mumbai. There's a saying about this area, if you lose anything in Mumbai you can buy it back from the "chor bazaar". It has been mentioned in popular novels like Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey as "not a nice place".
this not very impressive photo is a happy time. We were wandering around the dark streets of Istanbul (6pm. and it was pit black, all small businesses closing) I was positive the grand bazaar would be closed too, but when we found this entrance, I realized we were still on time for more fun :)
Grand Bazaar - Istanbul. This amazing place has been around for longer than most of us. Its a feast of goods and always, colour - the life-blood of all things Turkish. The men in Grand Bazaar can be quite pushy - just a "No Thanks" should let them know you are "just browsing"
It's busy, it's full of tourists and it's a must see in Istanbul.
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The Grand Bazaar (or Covered Bazaar, Turkish: Kapalıçarşı ["Covered Bazaar"]) in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with more than 58 streets and 6,000 shops, and has between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like. The bazaar contains two bedestens (domed masonry structures built for storage and safekeeping), the first of which was constructed between 1455 and 1461 by the order of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The bazaar was vastly enlarged in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. In 1894, it underwent a major restoration following an earthquake.
This was one of the colourful shops - selling bedspreads, cushion covers, etc.
Mixed lighting - sunlight, fluorescent and tungsten - was the challenge.