Istanbul is the New Black

April 25th, 2006

caviar.jpgIstanbul, says Tyler Brule (founder of Wallpaper), is the new black. It’s the new Barcelona and Turkey is now the emerging hot spot for edgy food, cool design and early-adopter of premium tourism that Spain was 10 years ago. (Australian Gourmet Traveller, May 2006).

Aussie backpackers who have been visiting Turkey in large numbers for 20 years will be unimpressed by this news (see story on Istanbul below). What do you think?

3 Responses to “Istanbul is the New Black”

  1. # Ken Burginon 05 May 2006 at 8:55 pm

    Hi Marilyn – just found your blog – nice one! Will be in touch – would like to feature this in an upcoming article…

    Ken Burgin

    PS – thanks for the mention also.

  2. # Marilynon 07 May 2006 at 1:05 am

    Ken — Still appreciate getting your email newsletter; it’s still the best around and I often print out advice to hand onto our managers.

  3. # Chrison 24 May 2006 at 1:42 am

    I have been to Turkey twice now (one of those backpackers you referred to…) and have experienced the ‘richness’ of the country first hand.
    The poeple, food, colours, smells, religion, culture are diverse – the east meets west tag is a perfect fit…
    My only concern is the more people that visit this incredible place the more diluted the experience will become. The Turkish people are warm and inviting, they are also taking to the tourist dollar like a duck to water – every action has a reaction I suppose.

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