50 things to do when travelling in Istanbul, Turkey. So you’re travelling to Istanbul and you have no idea where to begin. That’s understandable, the city is massive (it spans two continents!) And it has so much to offer in terms of mosques, markets, museums and foreign culinary delights! Here are 50 THINGS TO DO IN ISTANBUL to get your travel planning started: (1) Visit the Spice Bazaar. This is the second largest covered market after the Grand Bazaar. . (2) Go to a whirling dervish show. . (3) Listen to the call of prayer between the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. . (4) Eat a kumpir. . (5) Get naked at a hamam. . (6) Ride the red street car. . (7) Walk across Galata Bridge. . (8) Eat a sesame seed covered pretzel. . (9) Take a boat tour down the Bosphorus. .
(10) Order Turkish chicken breast pudding. . (11) Drink Turkish tea. . (12) Eat börek. . (13) Marvel at Hagia Sophia. . (14) Visit Little Hagia Sophia. . (15) Go underground at the Basilica Cistern. . (16) Sample Turkish delight. . (17) Indulge your sweet tooth with baklava. . (18) Drink a glass of Ayran. Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census. Forgotten Images: Before Aldwych and Kingsway - Discovering London. In October 1905 King Edward VII officially opened Kingsway and Aldwych; “The largest and most important improvement in London since the construction of Regent Street in 1820.” London County Council produced a special souvenir programme for the event.
This map from the programme give some idea of the scale of the works. The buff area of development covers many of the streets that were demolished. Map showing part of the Kingsway & Aldwych development of 1905 The programme was written by Laurence Gomme, Clerk to the Council, who was also a keen historian. Gomme helped to found The Victoria County History series and The Survey of London and it was he who persuaded LCC to adopt the Blue Plaque scheme. Incidentally he also suggested naming the development “Aldwych” to reference the ancient nearby settlement.
So Gomme provides us with numerous superb and unique images of many of the old streets and courts, immediately prior to their demolition in 1901. Plummer's Court Sardinia Place Sardinia Street. View text, gazetteer and maps of early London from Volume III | Historic Towns Atlas. Discovering London - DISCOVERING LONDON, your London guide.