Secret Istanbul Guide - Emre Otkem

Let Secret Istanbul guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Istanbul travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of a fascinating city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Secret Istanbul features 130 new secret and unusual locations:Discover a horse’s tomb that has become a place of pilgrimageSee a tree held up by a pillar in the garden of a Sufi convent that would herald the end of the world if it fell downWitness a carpet that predicts the end of the Ottoman empireFind fragments from the Black Stone of MeccaExplore a church under the protection of Muhammad and a synagogue that was a landmark for Ashkenazi JewsSee a garment worn by the Prophet that was inadvertently ironedDiscover a handful of hot ash that saved the Ottoman empireFar from the crowds, Istanbul is a reserve of well-concealed treasures that only reveal themselves to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Istanbul well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.Â