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Istanbul versus Moscow is a fair comparison in the sense that Moscow is a successor city to Constantinople, while Saint Petersburg has its roots in baroque and neoclassical Europe and is perhaps more comparable to, say, Florence or Prague or Paris, no?
I still don't think it's a fair comparison, because (from tourist point of view) there is not much left there ( in Moscow) from "successor city to Constantinople." Moscow hasn't been preserved well enough in this respect, becoming this modern mega-monster, while Istanbul preserved its history and atmosphere from what I can see, and so did St. Petersburg more or less.
You'd be surprised. First of all, while Moscow does have the world's most billionaires of any city, Istanbul has the 5th most billionaires of any city in the world. More than Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Taipei, Beijing, Tokyo, etc etc etc.
I don't travel to places in order to view billionaires. The parks, museums, architecture, and palaces in St. Petersburg are exquisite, and can occupy visitors for weeks. The location on the river delta has earned the city the designation, "the Venice of the North". It's less congested and friendlier than Moscow. As to how it compares to Istanbul, I don't know, since I haven't been to Istanbul. But St. Pete's is a work of art.
I don't travel to places in order to view billionaires. The parks, museums, architecture, and palaces in St. Petersburg are exquisite, and can occupy visitors for weeks. The location on the river delta has earned the city the designation, "the Venice of the North". It's less congested and friendlier than Moscow. As to how it compares to Istanbul, I don't know, since I haven't been to Istanbul. But St. Pete's is a work of art.
You missed the point. High end shopping was being compared and there was a point about not knowing too much about Istanbul in this realm. There are many areas that don't have high end shopping because they don't have enough people with money willing to spend that kind of cash to justify having the stores, or not wealthy enough tourists. My point was that Istanbul, just like Moscow, has many rich people and can support high end shopping, and does. Make sense now?
I haven't been to Moscow or St. Petersburg, but I have friends who have visited both and some friends who have lived there for multiple years. The ones who have been to Istanbul too prefer Istanbul, but really the city is and has been one of the greatest cities on earth for a very long time. So too has Moscow in the least. There are some great, great Eurasian cities out there for sure.
Does anyone have pictures to post of either city? Especially the more residential, less touristy parts of both areas.
I have a ton of pictures of Istanbul. Most are from the touristy parts or the nightlife parts. However, I have pictures from the Bosphorus Strait of a bunch of different areas. Note: I'm not a great photographer
I have a ton of pictures of Istanbul. Most are from the touristy parts or the nightlife parts. However, I have pictures from the Bosphorus Strait of a bunch of different areas. Note: I'm not a great photographer
Sounds fine, it would be great to see them. It's weird that this subforum isn't just filled with amazing photographs.
It's weird that this subforum isn't just filled with amazing photographs.
Be careful what you wish for. We had a spammer who would flood the Russia threads with photos.
Erasure, who took the photo of the camel in front of the MacDonald's sign? That's just priceless!
What church is that, in what neighborhood? Are there two churches there? It looks like there's a 2nd one farther back...
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