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After flying 10 hours from my hometown of Miami to IST International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, I had a five-hour layover before my next flight to my 84th country, Georgia! Join me as I experience an epic 5 hours in Istanbul, Turkey!
I’ve been wanting to visit Georgia for the past two years, ever since I visited Armenia, their neighbor to the south. I’d be traveling through the country for 11 full days, which would take me all over the country. I’d start in the capital, Tbilisi, and end in the city of Batumi on the Black Sea.
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But while I was at IST Airport, I decided to give you guys a full breakdown of everything you can do there! It’s one of the best airports on the planet and only opened in 2018. The airport has, among other things, over 30 restaurants, luxury shopping, a 24-hour pharmacy, a library, a spa, and the YotelAir hotel, along with a huge duty-free area!
On a layover, you can head up to their Business Class lounge, where you can chill out and eat some delicious foods like pide, salads, breads, and minced meat. The pide is fantastic! It’s like a Turkish pizza and comes topped with cheese, fresh vegetables, and more!
In the lounge, I met a fan before heading down to the bazaar, where you can buy some Turkish delights, which are dense, jelly-like sweets covered in powdered sugar. The woman selling them let me have as many as I wanted! The finger Turkish delights were the best!
The bazaar is also a great place to buy souvenirs. There’s also a Lego store, a Shake Shack, and a couple of food courts. One of them is Anatolia Cuisine, where they have several spots selling everything from pide to kebabs to baklava. The pistachios in the baklava were amazing.
Next to the baklava vendors is a guy serving Turkish ice cream. The vendors love to play with you by taking the cone and ice cream away from you! They’re too funny and so fast! It was so silky. I’m not a sweets guy but the ice cream was awesome!
Then, I headed to the only spot in the airport where you could get a drink and got some yeni raki. You mix it with some water and it turns milky. One drink costs about $10 USD!
If you have a long layover, you can stay at the YotelAir hotel in the duty-free area. It has 174 cabins that offer free WiFi, mini-fridges, flatscreen TVs, rainfall showers, a breakfast buffet, and a fitness center.
Above Anatolia Cuisine is a second food court, which offers lots of Western food like Subway, Sbarro, Popeyes, and Carl Jr’s. I headed to the international terminal and headed to Gate B1B to board my Business Class flight.
The flight would only be about 2 hours. I enjoyed some champagne before we took off.
The flight was on an Airbus 321, which had a 2-2 configuration. They had a TV and reclining seats. I watched a movie and then went with hummus, lamb chops, cheese, and French Syrah wine. I also got salmon, shrimp, and rice pudding.
The salmon and creamy shrimp salad were super fresh. I also liked the gouda cheese and the smoked fish. The hummus was also fantastic! I also had a nice piece of parmesan, which I loved! I also loved the French Syrah wine, which was bold and super high quality.
My lamb chop was cooked so well. I enjoyed it with some Ancyra Cabernet Cauvignon-Syrah from the Cappadocia region. It also came with potatoes with cheese and herbs. I also liked the creamy rice pudding, which was almost like a crème brulee. Turkish food is so underrated!
And after 19 hours of travel, I arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia. I couldn’t wait to start my adventure!
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My name is David Hoffmann. For the last 13 years, I have traveled the world in search of unique culture, food, and history! Since starting David’s Been Here in 2008, I have explored over 1,200 destinations in 84 countries, which I welcome you to check out on my YouTube channel, travel blog, and social media.
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