İstanbul in Spring
Situated at the confluence of continents, civilizations, and cultures, İstanbul is one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities of the world with almost each neighborhood featuring traces of various periods of history. The unrivaled İstanbul hosts its visitors on streets that bore witness to many important periods of history while offering the profile of a colorful, cosmopolitan city. Spring is the time to get to know, understand, explore İstanbul, and enjoy the sun at the restaurants or outdoor areas of cafés along the Bosphorus coastline. İstanbul welcomes the spring in style with Judas trees that bloom along the Bosphorus coastline, tulips that surround the entire city and create mesmerizing views in Emirgan Forest and Göztepe Park, which host the Tulip Festival.
İstanbul hosts its guests with its world heritage sites, gastronomy that ranges from the Ottoman cuisine to the fish menus of the Bosphorus, contemporary art events and a shopping experience that merges the past with the present. The city offers many sites to see, many events to attend, and many flavors to taste throughout the year. Here are a few suggestions for those who don’t know where to start exploring this ancient city.