Hoşgeldiniz Türkiye

Welcome to Turkey :)

Istanbul was the first place where we did Couchsurfing on our trip. Sibel & Sezin hosted us for three days at their place and we felt like home from the beginning. Being with them and to dip into the Turkish daily life was the highlight of our stay in Istanbul. We cooked together Turkish and Spanish dishes and learned our first Turkish words. We got to know their family (Sibel has three sisters) and we spent some time together. We hope to see you again soon. We had a fantastic time! Teşekkür ederim :)

With its almost 18M people, in the middle of two continents and its huge extension, it took us 6 days to visit our must-see places. Easily we could have spend many more days. The city of Istanbul with its totally changing neighborhoods, buzzling streetlife, friendly people achieves in a unique way to combine differences between traditional culture and upcoming modern lifestyle. Many cities remind us of others, but Istanbul is incomparable for us. It felt like it never gets boring. At every street corner there are new things to discover, an unknown mix of different smells guided us to tasty local food, the spices and sweets market, shisha-bars and uncountable glasses of Çay (the inoficial water of the Turks).
Our first visit to a Hammam (Turkish Spa) together with Simón and María left us relaxed and with the skin of a newborn. And there's no better way to finish a day than standing on the Anatolian side of the Bospuros watching its beautiful sunset.Read more