The paradox of Istanbul is : Asia there is Europe, but Europe is the most far the most Asia.Are narrow strip of the Bosphorus, and got clean respectable European city, leaving behind in geographical Europe, sleepless, loud, the Asian market.The growing chaos disorderly flow of cars : Traffic lights are either non-existent or not working, or ignored ...

The legend says that the founder of the first city in July century BCVizant was megarsky leader.When residents Megara appealed to the Delphi Oracle for advice where they can better organize its new colony, he replied : "Build a colony opposite the blind."Clothes on the community in the town on the Asian shore Kalhedon Bosporus, Vizant said its satellites, which Oracle has given these colonists, because only the blind could not see and did not assess the overall benefits of space between Cape Horn and Golden Sea on the European shore.
Thus was born the colony Byzantium.Accommodation lived a peaceful life until 196 years has been captured Septiem North.Since then it has become part of the Roman Empire.The official founding of their city on November 26 from 326, Emperor Constantine completed its treasures of the ancient world.Never before in the West did not exist cities such gigantic proportions.One name of the city was in the imagination picture of enormous wealth, even snivshegosya small kings and strongmen medieval Europe : the capital appeared to be from the village of Constantinople, numbering in the century, about 9 million people.Goods state monopoly, and various exotic products from the capital Roman Empire, it did, in the words of one writer, "the world's largest center for trade luxury."Currently, though, in 1923, political and administrative center of Turkey was proclaimed Ankara, Istanbul was the capital of the business and cultural life of the country, where almost every company has its main offices and will take all the new currents in art, literature, music and film.This is the only city in the world located on two continents, Europe and Asia.

Now, as one of the great cultural, maps, historical, commercial and business world metropolises, the city appears on the historic scene at the end of the second millennium BC as a fishing village on the island of Logos.Istanbul is a large and attractive museums in the world outdoors.Like Paris, Rome and London, he is known as "city-museum!" .

Museums and historic sites of ancient Istanbul least equivalent to half the value of all historic relics and available throughout Turkey.Istanbul is a city in which intersect with the East West Asia to Europe, Islam and Christianity.The city, which is intimately linked and neighbours from different cultures and religions.

In terms of historical and cultural values, Istanbul would be tantamount to Rome.Istanbul, the capital of a few : East Rome, Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire, with the coming to power of each State in the capital began building grand monuments, sponsored by eminent architects.

The most important historical and tourist wealth of Istanbul are at the heart of the historic Peninsula, in the areas of the city as Sarayburnu and Sultanahmed.In times of Rome, Byzantine and Ottoman imperatorstv these areas were much the city, a place to erect the sumptuous imperial palaces.The largest building churches prestigious mosque, as well as great museums also are located in those areas of the city.Two Hill (seven), also built in the city centre of the region.At a hillside palace built Topkapy at another mosque Sultanahmed.On smooth surfaces, among the hills are other historical monuments.Here are Hippodrome, in which the city center in the Byzantine and Ottoman periods.To visit the best museums in Istanbul who had been close to each other, and among them such monuments as : Museum Ayya-Sofiya, Topkapy palace, mosque Sultanahmed, Archeology Museum, the Museum of Turkish and Islamic culture, Mozaichny museum would take several days.

Umerenno-teply climate with high humidity and a relatively uniform distribution of rainfall season to season.Roast cool in the summer and winter.