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A weekend in … Istanbul, Turkey

Splurge: Istanbul is bounded on the north by the Black Sea and on the south by the Sea of Marmara. The western half of the city lies in Europe while the eastern half is situated in Asia. In between flows the Bosphorus Strait. Nearly 50,000 ships pass through the strait annually, three times more than the Suez Canal traffic and four times more than the Panama Canal. Photo credit: www.toptravellists.net

Splurge: Istanbul is bounded on the north by the Black Sea and on the south by the Sea of Marmara. The western half of the city lies in Europe while the eastern half is situated in Asia. In between flows the Bosphorus Strait. Nearly 50,000 ships pass through the strait annually, three times more than the Suez Canal traffic and four times more than the Panama Canal. Photo credit: www.toptravellists.net