A Guide to Constantinople (Electronic book text)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3Cafe's.textit{Splendide Cafe, Grande Eue de Pera. textit{Cafe Luxembourg, Grande Eue de Pera, below the Grand Hotel. In Stambul the only good coffee-houses are those in the Divan Yolu Street and Direkler Aghasi Street. The best Turkish coffee-houses are on Galata Bridge, close to the Bosporus steamers booking-offices. Coffee 30 paras; narghileh if toombeki be provided by smoker 20 paras, if not 30 paras. Baths.The Turkish baths at Constantinople are far from what they ought to be in regard to cleanliness and accommodation. The best is a small bath near the Old Bridge, on the Pera side and on the tramway line, called ' Yeshil Direk,' kept by Hassan Effendi. Theatres and Music Halls.There are no theatres worthy of the name in Constantinople. From November to February there are occasional French, Italian, and Greek performances at the textit{Pavilion in the Petits Champs Assembly Gardens, at the textit{Concordia Theatre in the Grande Eue, and the textit{Odeon Theatre, and Turkish plays at the Turkish Theatre at Shehzadeh Bachi, Stambul; the latter should not be visited by ladies. From July to October there are open-air performances of Italian Opera or French Operetta at the Petits Champs Assembly Gardens, and the Concordia. The textit{Mv#ic Halls, of which there are sometimes two, are merely low textit{cafes chantants, and are on no account to be recommended. Chemists and Druggists.B. Constantindes, pharmaceutical and dispensing chemist, textit{Pharmacie de Pera, 301 Grande Bue de Pera. textit{English spoken. English and American prescriptions made up. textit{Pharmacie JBritannique, Grande Eue de Pera. Medical Men.A. Camburoglou (Surgeon), Dr. Patterson. British Embassy.Eue Tepe Bachi, Pera. textit{Summer Residence, Therapia, Upper Bosporus. British Consulate.Eue Medresseh, near ...