The Connected Traveler: Istanbul
With a smartphone in each hand, Arianne Cohen tests the limits of online networking in a foreign land. No guidebooks. No language skills. Only social media and mobile apps. The destination: Istanbul.
With a smartphone in each hand, Arianne Cohen tests the limits of online networking in a foreign land. No guidebooks. No language skills. Only social media and mobile apps. The destination: Istanbul.

This four-night package costs about $450 less than airfare alone and puts you in the historic heart of Turkey's most vibrant city, a European Capital of Culture for 2010.

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