[Mella]

Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism will promote Istanbul as the "Love of Continents", said ministry executives. A romantic film will be shot with the contributions of the ministry to promote Istanbul, and be shown in the countries where Turkey runs a promotion campaign including Britain and the United States.

Here's the movie:

[aesynoid]

Really beautiful. Thanks Carmella

[mike]

very nice carmella,i loved istanbul,it absolutely blew my mind the shear size of the city,it seems like it would take a lifetime to take it all in

[Hephaestion]

Beautiful clip!!

Us based TravelandLeisure review has Istanbul as the 3rd best city in Europe, Florence being nr.1 followed by Rome.!!
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worl...cfm?cat=cities

The four seasons Istanbul was voted the best hotel in Europe.

And today I just read here that Istanbul experienced an amazing 20 pct. rise in tourist´s visiting the city this august compared to august of 06.

[ciderbabe]

great video thanks carmella x, i'm going to Istanbul feb or march next year i've heard its an amazing city

[**claire**]

I love Istanbul so much.

I think its the nicest city i have ever visited (& ive travelled a lot)

Easyjet have got some cracking deals flying into Istanbul (SAW airport, not the city airport, so about an hour outside the city) i checked for November (thought a quick shopping trip might in need) & fares are as little as £45 return

[tracie]

great video Mella

I also love Istanbul, spent a lot of time in & around Uskuder as Edip's cousin lives there

[lisaT]

I remember a couple of years ago in Ortakoy with my husband sitting outside a cafe eating cheesecake and looking out at the Bosporus the views are great. Also from what i remember they have lots of shopping malls to spend your money and i used to love walking around Taksim. When i first went to Istanbul the bars had great live music etc used to goto Kemanci rock bar abit too rock for me but my husband loved it, that was about 13 years ago its bringing back lots of memories now!
Lisa

[ciderbabe]

Claire I got a price for easyjet flying belfast-luton-SAW return for £96 beginning of march, i thought this was a great price since they dont fly direct from belfast to istanbul

[Angel]

They don't show this travel promo in the United States so thanks for posting it here. OMG, I miss Istanbul so much. Just got back from there a few days ago but I'm counting the days until I return.