Holiday in Istanbul.

Istanbul ... This is not only one of the most beautiful cities in Turkey but all over the world ... This is the only city in the world, located at the crossroads of two continents - Asia and Europe. However, this is the only city that is more than two millennia, was the capital of two world empires ... The city presented its beauty, not only Turkey but the entire world, becoming a historical treasure, attracting the attention of all humanity.

As today one of the great cultural, visual, historical, commercial and business world metropolises, the city appeared on the world scene in the late second millennium BC, as a fishing village on the island of Logos. In the 7 th century BC, came here from the country Megare on the Aegean group of seamen under the command of some Bizasa located in these places, but after the death of its leader called an honor to his name - Bizantion.

Situated between the Black and Mediterranean seas, the city, vsilu its convenient situation, was able to watch all military and commercial activities, while enjoying a convenient harbor - Bay Golden Horn - had great potential for rapid growth. During successive centuries friend Istanbul drew the attention of almost all the peoples of Anatolia naselyayavshih located here and other states, getting under the rule of many different countries, until 4 in the first half-century has been declared the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great the capital of his eastern empire and renamed Constantinople. Following the approval of Christianity as a state religion, it was renamed in Byzantium. Even after the fall of the western Roman Empire in the year 476, he remained one of the hotbeds of the world and civilization in the world.
Successive emperors each other, as if competing with each other, adorned the city of art and architecture.

In the 11 st century is the period of decline of the Byzantine Empire, and in the Antalya laid the foundations for a new civilization: who came from far Asia to the wide expanses of Antalya placed on its land and created new goverment, the Turks have achieved a high level of civilization and have focus on the creation of a great world empire .

Istanbul This process, developing in the Balkans, has gradually led to a loss of power to Byzantium and osmantsy, taking advantage of this, in 1453 took over the land and the city name was changed again, this time to Istanbul. Until the very last day of the fall of the empire's rulers, trying to leave a memory in the hearts of future generations, decorated with unusual pieces of city architecture and art, along with preserved from the times of Rome and Byzantium beautiful creations greatness of the peoples inhabiting the city.
Istanbul has become one of the biggest and most attractive museums in the world under the open sky. Like Paris, Rome, London and Moscow, also called «the town-museum»!

With numerous attractions of the city can not be found one day, so recommend you to spend on his inspection at least 2-3 days.