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                <title>Sultana's Restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A great place to watch an authentic folklore and dance show and for dinner. Very happy and friendly atmosphere.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Bebek</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Laid-back air, quiet grace. A special seafront playground with good cafes (but 18TL for 3 coffees), Laleli shop (olives, oil &amp; soap), patisserie, and as you walk down the coastal road towards Ortakoy, mussels stuffed with rice and a good fish shop called Adem Baba with Ottoman houses in the area.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Ortaköy</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Ortaköy is an area of Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorous just under the first bridge.<br><br>There are many cafes and little shops in which to poke around but they are a little more expensive than the norm.<br><br>Despite this you can sit with a drink, watch the boats glide past, and admire the bridge which is lovely by day or night. Heaven!]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Belgrade Forest</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Belgrade Forest (Belgrad ormanı) is a large green area to the north of the city. It has many entrances but I recommend the one at Bahçeköy which is closest to Neşet Suyu, where there is a 6km path/track around a lake. Here you can walk/run in the fresh air and then enjoy a snack at one of the little cafes near the start. The area is very busy at weekends in the summer for barbecues so I would recommend a visit in midweek or in the off peak seasons.<br><br>It is lovely to be only 20km from the centre of the city and yet only hear birds.<br>It is possible to explore further, but signposts tend to be Turkish only, which could be awkward! It costs 5 lira for a car to enter the forest or 1 lira for someone on foot.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Büyük Çamlıca</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A high hill on the Asian side of the city, it's lovely to take a taxi to the park up here at sunset to watch the sun go down over the city, see the Bosphorus bridge and the city light up, and hear the prayer calls from all over the city come up from all around you - your very own surround sound system.]]></description>
                
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