Here some Turkey Holiday Reviews: "Our holiday was lovely - at least four stars. Everything ran very smoothly and efficiently, the hotel was great, our guide was excellent. Memorable things - well, there were many of them. The muezzin's call to prayer, amplified considerably, from the Blue Mosque which we could see (almost touch!) from our hotel window. It was a bit of a shock at first, because we happened to arrive on Mohammed's birthday, so there was extensive reading/chanting from the Koran until very late the night we arrived, and then the first call to prayer at about 0520 every morning (got used to that though). But marvellous. To look out from our hotel and see Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque and Sultanahmet square was quite wonderful (certainly a very memorable aspect). And apart from the muezzin (which was of course only occasional and very brief, after the big event of the birthday - and we enjoyed hearing that strange, eerie and compelling call reverberating through the city at different times of day) it was very quiet. No traffic noise at night - incredible considering we were so central. Other memorable things - the gorgeous spring flowers everywhere throughout the city - beautiful. The friendliness of the people - we didn't feel at all harassed or intimidated by the 'hard sell' approach, because there was no aggression in it, just good nature, so it was easy to walk away with a smile. Watching a carpet weaver at work - an extra that our guide arranged for us - was absolutely wonderful, and to have the carpets displayed for us so professionally and knowledgeably was wonderful, too. This was in a 'proper' shop, not the bazaar. Of course we bought one..." 1/5/06 by R. Duerden