This is a walking tour from the Egyptian Market in Istanbul to the Grand Bazaar. If you love shopping then you will love this ...

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." So says Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) to a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in 1977's "Star Wars: A New Hope." He was talking, of ...

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...

Welcoming more than 250,000 visitors every day, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is one of the oldest covered markets in the world.

I recently vacationed in Turkey with the intention of clearing my head of business and soaking up one of the most vibrant cultures in the world. While I was able to do both (most of the time), I ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, which covers a huge area in the center city, was one of the first shopping malls ever built and it remains one of the greatest spectacles in the world, attracting up to ...

Shoppers walk down a corridor in Istanbul's fabled Grand Bazaar. Bob Krist/Corbis Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is the world’s most-visited tourist attraction—a cacophony of haggling vendors and tempting ...

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air – ...