Everyone warned me about Istanbul. They were all wrong. 🇹🇷 This city has had three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul. Three names. Three of the greatest empires in human history. One city that never stopped. Most people see the chaos on the surface. What they miss is what’s underneath, a city with 2,000 years of uninterrupted civilisation running through its streets like a current. You can walk from a Roman cistern to an Ottoman mosque to a modern rooftop bar in twenty minutes. No other city on earth holds that much world in one place. Istanbul is the only city that felt like a masterclass in what it means to endure, adapt, and still have something to prove. If you haven’t been, go. If you have been, you know exactly what I mean.. 🎙️ More travel stories like this on my podcast - Where to Next? Link in bio. #Istanbul #Constantinople #Byzantium #Turkey #TravelStories