Michael, check out the restaurant Albura Kathisma. Besides good food, they found an old "palace" from Roman times underneath the resto. It is being excavated over time. They will let you in if you ask. One of the coolest things we saw in Istanbul!
Great post. Same here in Portugal, at least in Lisbon and Sintra. If the locals simply think that that their architecture is simply something beautiful to be protected, that's good enough. Americans wouldn't even go that far.
Michael, check out the restaurant Albura Kathisma. Besides good food, they found an old "palace" from Roman times underneath the resto. It is being excavated over time. They will let you in if you ask. One of the coolest things we saw in Istanbul!
If we make it back over there we'll check it out!
Great post. Same here in Portugal, at least in Lisbon and Sintra. If the locals simply think that that their architecture is simply something beautiful to be protected, that's good enough. Americans wouldn't even go that far.
Thanks, Bill. I think here in Istanbul there is just sooooo much that needs protecting.