Grand Bazaar

Over the weekend our little group went down to the Grand Bazaar, in the old section of town. The Grand Bazaar is one of the largest covered markets in the world and boasts a wide variety of goods with varying qualities. We spent a little over an hour inside the market and barely scratched the surface of the place. The market is has 58 'streets' which contain 4,000 shops. There were some items that seemed to be everywhere, lots of rugs (most of them 'fake' or factory made rugs), thousands of scarves, chess/backgammon boards, shoes, and other such things. Lots of tourists, but also many locals as well. I was impressed by the people running the shops, many of them spoke English as well as some Italian and German, so they were adept at bartering in a few different languages.

Here are some pictures, it really is also a lovely place to visit as well, quite the atmosphere:


This is us outside the entrance to the Bazaar. I'm pretty excited.



Inside the Bazaar:



The Lovely Jessica: