Holiday Turkey Tourism

What to Buy

There are many shops in the centre of town, selling souvenirs and carpets as well as clothes. There is a market every Saturday on the outskirts of town.

What to Buy

Many people come to Istanbul for the shopping alone. The Kapali Carsisi, or Covered Market, is the logical place to start as the area and variety is immense.

Still the commercial centre of the old city, the bazaar is the original shopping “mall” with a vast selection of carpets, souvenirs, clothes, shoes, jewellery and handicrafts made from ceramics, copper and brass. Many shops have recently sprung up around Aksaray selling leather, suede and fur coats, catering mainly for Russian and Eastern European buyers. The Misir Carsisi is good for picking up spices, locum, flavoured teas and small souvenirs. (See section on Bazaars.)

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Taşpınar’s rugs are famous in the province.

What to Buy

Taşpınar’s rugs are famous in the province.

What to Eat

There are restaurants in the city which cater to tourists. The tea house under the Old Sycamore tree is an excellent place to sit and drink tea or ayran (the local yogurt drink).

What to Buy

In Antalya, there are shopping malls that the foreign or local tourist could find lots of thing. The city is famous for its jams and jellies made from every fruit and vegetable imaginable. The most interesting ones are the eggplant, watermelon, bergamot and turunc jellies. There are also souvenirs and gift items particular to Turkey in the shops of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture and the shops in the old city. The area is famous for its Dosemealti carpets coloured with natural root dyes.

What to Buy

You can buy from the hand made products, made up of famous “onyx” stone of Kırşehir.

What to Buy

There are many shopping facilities and purchasable souvenirs within the province.

Needle pinking, made in the region are the most authentic pieces of arts, and handcrafts are drawing dense attention of the visitors.

Çukurova unique cotton threads are bowed in spinning wheels, and woven as savan, sacks, saddlebags, towel, napkins, etc. on the workbenches named as çulfalık, and marketed with decorative aim, are reflecting the handcraft mastership of the region. They are occupying with basket production in Akgedik Village, and these baskets are taking dense demands. Province unique deserts are served to consumers with their special preserved packages.

What to Buy

Hand made scarf, colored cotton kerchief, home made kuşburnu marmalade, rice and apple are some of the suggested materials.