The document summarizes a 6-day cultural trip taken by students from several European countries to Istanbul, Turkey. The goal of the trip was to learn about Turkish culture and practice English. Each day consisted of visits to important historical and cultural sites in Istanbul, including Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Grand Bazaar, and Maiden's Tower. Students also had opportunities to experience Turkish cuisine and spend time with their host families. The trip aimed to foster cultural exchange and help the students learn to work in multicultural groups.
2. The project consists of doing rural tourism in different countries.
Because Istanbul is one of the most important cities (15 million
inhabitants), they decided that the best was doing a culture trip all
around Istanbul during 6 days, visiting the most emblematic places
in Istanbul and learning about different religions.
Another purpose of the trip was to improve our English and be in
contact with different cultures.
In this project, participated the following countries:
-Spain
-Turkey
-Hungary
-Italy
-Greece
-Portugal
3. We arrived in Istanbul, where the project
meeting was taking place, once we were in the
Ataturk airport, we went to the Anka Business
Park Hotel, in which most of us stayed. Also, the
host families picked up the partner of their son
or daughter.
4. We visited the school of the students that
hosted some students from the different
countries.
We ate traditional Turkish food, rich in beef and
vegetables.
We visited a hill called Çamlıca Tepesi.
We visited a shopping mall where we had free
time for one hour.
Finally we returned to the hotel.
5. We visited the Hagia Sophia’s museum and the
Blue Mosque.
We had lunch in a restaurant.
We visited the Grand Bazar where we could do
shopping by ourselves.
We also visited the Spice Bazar.
finally we went back to the hotel.
6. We visited the Topkapi museum.
the same day we returned to the school called
Coskun Koleji at lunch time.
After having lunch we had free time.
7. This day was the most relaxed
We visited the Maiden’s Tower, situated in the
middle of the Bosphorus river, where we also
had lunch.
After that we stayed in the European part
where we had free time and we visited the
Galata Tower and returned to the hotel.
8. We did some activities with the students from the
other countries
we did an exposition about the Canary Islands and our
high school for a Turkish class
we decided to go to the Greek part of the city, specially
we visited an orthodox church of Constantinople.
To say Goodbye to Istanbul, we decided to have dinner
in a restaurant which is placed in the Galata Bridge,
from where we could enjoy a beautiful afternoon,
finally we returned to the hotel.
9. To live with different cultures from which we
could learn and teach a little of our own culture,
also we learnt to work in group with foreign
people, to respect our environment and the
people who live there.
