{"id":127761,"date":"2022-07-13T10:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T08:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=127761"},"modified":"2025-03-24T09:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:39:16","slug":"istanbul-practical-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/istanbul-practical-guide","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul: a practical guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #a71f31\">How to get there<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There are daily flights from<strong><a class=\"vaal-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/guide.voyages-d-affaires.com\/fiche\/air-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-source=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/bologne-bleisure-20220328.html\" data-title=\"AIR FRANCE \u2013 KLM\">Air France<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Turkish Airlines<\/strong> from Paris CDG to Istanbul International and Sabiha Gokcen in the Asian part of the city. <strong>Pegasus Air<\/strong> also offers daily flights from Orly to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Airlines offers two daily flights from <strong>Basel-Mulhouse<\/strong>, <strong>Lyon<\/strong>, <strong>Marseille<\/strong> and <strong>Nice<\/strong> to Istanbul, a daily flight from <strong>Toulouse<\/strong> and four flights a week from <strong>Bordeaux<\/strong>. The airline serves Brussels and Geneva several times a day, as well as Luxembourg every day.<\/p>\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/istanbul-luxury-hotels\">Read also: Istanbul fills up with luxury hotels<\/a><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a71f31\">Stay<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127777\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pera-palace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pera-palace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pera-palace.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/pera-palace-225x300-derived.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ottoman-style hall at Pera Palace (Photo: LC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the hotels mentioned in the link above, the place to go for a luxury historic hotel is the <a href=\"https:\/\/perapalace.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Pera Palace<\/strong><\/a>. A legendary Istanbul retreat for passengers on the Orient Express, frequented by Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, Edward VII and Greta Garbo, the hotel exudes an extraordinary historical aura. It even includes a museum of Turkey's first president, Ataturk, who had a private suite there. You can visit it, but you can't sleep in it!<\/p>\n<div class=\"bx-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bx-controls bx-has-controls-direction bx-has-pager\">L'<strong>Intercontinental Istanbul<\/strong> on Taksim Square in the heart of the commercial city is a contemporary establishment offering excellent value for money. The hotel has three restaurants, several bars including a roof top, a swimming pool and a spa.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a71f31\">Eat<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The great thing about Istanbul is that the food is not only very good - especially the local specialities - but also at prices that you could only dream of in Paris or other major French cities.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yenilokanta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Yenilo Kanta<\/strong><\/a>This pretty little restaurant in the beyo\u011flu district offers a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional dishes. Great gourmet cuisine inspired by Anatolia, in an elegant setting, <strong>TURK<\/strong> is becoming a veritable institution for gourmets. Reservations are essential.<\/p>\n<p>Many guides, including local chefs, recommend a superb kebab <strong>Adana Ocakba\u015f\u0131. <\/strong>The restaurant is modest in appearance but has been drawing crowds since 1978 for the quality of its meat. It is close to Osmanbey metro station (Bozkurt, No:2, Baysungur Sk, 34375 \u015ei\u015fli\/\u0130stanbul).<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a71f31\">Discover three must-sees in Istanbul<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127779\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ataturk-kultur-centrum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ataturk-kultur-centrum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ataturk-kultur-centrum.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ataturk-kultur-centrum-225x300-derived.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The recently renovated Ataturk Cultural Centre takes you back to the 1970s (Photo: LC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>You can't come to Istanbul without visiting its mosques. The grandiose<strong> Hagia Sophia<\/strong> just like the <strong>Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii)<\/strong> that faces it. All the delicate splendour of the East is concentrated here.<\/li>\n<li>Le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peramuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Pera Museum <\/strong><\/a>is a private institution with exhibitions that often raise questions about power. The museum, housed in a former palace near Taksim Square, boasts a fine collection of classical Ottoman art and contemporary Turkish painting.<\/li>\n<li>One building that tends to be overlooked in Place Taksim is the <a href=\"https:\/\/akmistanbul.gov.tr\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Ataturk Cultural Centre<\/strong><\/a>. An ode to 70s architecture and design, the recently renovated centre is home to the Istanbul Opera House, a roof-top caf\u00e9 with lovely views over the city, an extraordinary public arts bookshop and a small museum devoted to music. Excellent for a break between meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a71f31\">Find out more<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Tourist information on Istanbul : <a href=\"https:\/\/goistanbulturkiye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/goistanbulturkiye.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic information : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invest.istanbul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.invest.istanbul\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>French Consulate : <a href=\"https:\/\/istanbul.consulfrance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/istanbul.consulfrance.org\/<\/a> Address: Istiklal Caddesi No: 4 Beyo\u011flu \/ Taksim 34435 \/ Istanbul. The consulate is open to the public by appointment only.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air connections, accommodation, good food and cultural addresses: here are some practical tips for enjoying a break from the hustle and bustle during a business trip to Istanbul.  <\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":127775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[1079,1081],"type-darticle":[],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-127761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-villes-d-affaires","tag-istanbul","tag-turquie","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Istanbul : quelques bonnes adresses gourmandes et culturelles<\/title>\n<meta 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