{"id":178,"date":"2007-11-03T22:48:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T12:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=178"},"modified":"2007-11-03T22:48:44","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T12:48:44","slug":"shopping-for-turkish-carpets-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/turkey\/istanbul-turkey\/shopping-for-turkish-carpets-istanbul","title":{"rendered":"Shopping for Turkish Carpets &#8211; Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A visit to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/GrandBazaar\/DSC_0119.jpg.html\" title=\"Shopping for Turkish Carpets - Istanbul\">Turkish carpet centre <\/a>is unavoidable on any organized tour to Turkey.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been to a few carpet centres in the past, but nevertheless, we\u00a0still find the experience interesting.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/35221-2\/DSC_0119.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Shopping for Turkish carpets - Istanbul\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Shopping for Turkish carpets - Istanbul\" \/>On arrival you are shown into a large showroom filled with rolls of carpet on the floor as well as carpets hanging on the walls around the room.\u00a0 Once everyone&#8217;s seated on the benches\u00a0along the walls,\u00a0raki or apple tea is offered.\u00a0 Be careful with the raki, or you might find yourself owning a carpet that you had no intention to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Your host, the showroom manager does his introductory bit and proceeds to provide some explanation of the various types of carpet and the regions they come from.\u00a0 His floor assistants then unfurls various carpets and this is the fun bit to watch.\u00a0 The rate at which the carpets are rolled out or spun in\u00a0the air before opening out on the floor is an entertaining performance.\u00a0 They do it so effortlessly, as if the carpets were weightless, but as anyone who has experience with carpets know, they are really quite heavy, especially the larger ones.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve got to give credit to these guys for putting on such a show with <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/35223-2\/DSC_0120.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Buying Turkish carpets\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Buying Turkish carpets\" \/>each group of visitors, especially when they know that only a few visitors will end up buying anything, if at all.<\/p>\n<p>Carpet shops\u00a0 abound all over Istanbul and the variety and range of quality is so huge that it&#8217;s important to do some research prior to leaving home.\u00a0 Just because there is an abundance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/GrandBazaar\/DSC_0120.jpg.html\" title=\"Buying Turkish carpets in Istanbul\">carpets<\/a>, does not necessarily mean that you&#8217;ll get it cheaper in Turkey.\u00a0 You might just get it cheaper back home, when the shops are having their eternal <em>&#8216;closing down&#8217;<\/em> sales.\u00a0 However, if you&#8217;re serious or toying with the idea of getting a carpet, then make sure you know the dimensions of the room it&#8217;s intended for and the color scheme.\u00a0 One lady in our group was keen to buy one, but had no idea of the size of her room and couldn&#8217;t quite describe the color she wanted to match with, so she left empty-handed.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit to a Turkish carpet centre is unavoidable on any organized tour to Turkey.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been to a few carpet centres in the past, but nevertheless, we\u00a0still find the experience interesting. 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