How to Get There

Turkish Airlines flies nonstop from New York to Istanbul, one flight daily. In late March, the fare for travel in mid-April was $665 round trip. See www.turkishairlines.com.

Getting Around

Istanbul has a public transport network made up of buses, trolleys and ferries. The latter run all day. At night, taxis are relatively inexpensive if you stay on one side of the river, or ask around to find shared vans that run between neighborhoods.

A point to note is, the author mentions the Bosphorus as 'a river', which is quite an ignorance for someone preparing a special article about going to Istanbul. Anyway, it is an interesting article on Istanbul from an American visitor's point of view.