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		<title>Where sugar meets spice &#124; sultanahmet1.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intrigued by Ottoman flavours, Caroline Baum rolls up her sleeves and takes a cooking class in Istanbul. 
I've just been handed a scimitar. At least that's what it looks like - a weapon that might have been used to lop off disloyal heads at the sultan's court in the nearby Topkapi Palace. It turns out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping and Sultans besides the Bosphorus</title>
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Istanbul happens to be the Capital of Culture for the year 2010. Hence, the city is a must to be visited and explored by any visitor. Taking a first visit in the city of Istanbul, we had decided to stay in the hotel the Ciragan Palace Kempinski, which is on the European shore of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Egyptian Bazaar</title>
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If you think that you know the Egyptian Bazaar of Istanbul quite well, then you are probably mistaken. Because you will need at least two-hours to find various fantastic and unique offerings that the Egyptian Bazaar has in store for all of you.
The Egyptian Bazaar (Spice Bazaar) ---
You think that you have all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All you ever wanted to know about Istanbul’s Hippodrome</title>
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While the Hippodrome was central to Byzantine social life, the Hippodrome continued to exist after the 1453 conquest because the Ottomans also saw the square as a perfect place to hold their own unique horse-related games. Thanks to a recent exhibition and accompanying book, people can see what the Hippodrome may have looked like in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hammam Rejuvenation &#8211; Istanbul&#8217;s Booming Spa Culture Is Revisiting Old Turkish Bathhouse Rituals</title>
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For centuries, pleasure combined with practicality in the hammams, or bathhouses, of Istanbul, where everyone from the humblest worker to the sultan himself regularly kept clean by indulging in the local tradition of a steam bath and professional body scrub. With the rise of modern bathrooms during the past 50 years, the tradition threatened to [...]]]></description>
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