If the Grand Bazaar feels like too much, Nuruosmaniye Street is the answer. It runs along the bazaar’s eastern edge, lined with jewellers, carpet dealers and antique shops that have been in the same families for decades.
Shopping here is quieter work. The shops are proper storefronts with windows, prices are more often fixed than haggled, and the sales approach is closer to a conversation than a pitch. Several of the carpet dealers will unroll a dozen pieces over an hour of tea without expecting you to buy any of them.
At the lower end the street reaches the Nuruosmaniye Gate, the calmest way into the bazaar. From Romance Istanbul Hotel the walk takes about ten minutes.
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