In the world’s most-visited city, here’s a view few tourists have seen
Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is one of the most bustling spots in one of the world’s greatest, busiest cities.
Close to 50 million people pass through the 21 gates of the venerable marketplace each year, and up to 500,000 per day during peak season.
This commercial center at the crossroads of Europe and Asia was established in 1461, and over the next two and a half centuries extended to a labyrinthine sprawl of 61 covered streets. There are more than 4,000 shops across 48,000 square meters — that’s the size of about five city blocks in Manhattan.
Traders deal in gold, jewels, leather, fur and spices, as they have done for centuries, скупка прицело ночного виденья and the cacophony raised by the thronging customers reaches to the heights of the hand-painted, vaulted ceilings.
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