Istanbul3 - Grand & Spice Bazaars

Two of our excursions were to famous shopping sites, the Grand Bazaar, and the Spice Market. The Grand Bazaar is the largest covered market in the world with over 4000 shops, and features QUITE the slice of Turkish life and customs. Take your bargaining skills with you - if you don't cut the asked price by AT LEAST one-half, you've likely paid too much (and even then . . . ., who knows :-)). The next day (after Topkapi), we hit the Spice Market. Brief excursion (Pat wanted Saffron which she can't get easily - or cheaply - here), but a whole other interesting environment. Not quite as much bargaining, but still . . . . . . she bought at the first place (after mild bargaining) and paid more than the next store's displayed rate!