What To Do On A Weekend In Istanbul, Türkiye

Lighting is dimmed, walls are in a shade of olive with simple artwork, with a feature wall on one side, floors and tables are of wood, with chairs with black or olive green upholstery.

The villas are joined by the main lodge consisting of a dining room, bar, lounge area and sprawling outdoor terrace. The camp is entirely off-grid, self-generated all energy by a bespoke, 250m solar walkway.

Mistake #1: Wildlife Baiting 

• World Nomads (for everyone below 70)
• Insure My Trip (for those over 70)
• Medjet (for additional repatriation coverage)

This one is less about how you make the images and more about how you share them with the world. In the last couple of years, experts have expressed growing concerns over the consequences of geotagging photos on social media; in 2018, for instance, the Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board urged visitors to stop tagging their locations.

Mistake #2: Ill-Considered Use Of Flash 

Small bells hang on the wall perhaps in homage to the Abbey bells, behind a white reception while the rest of the room has funky artworks, as does most of the hotel. 

In stylish Taksim looking dapper with its many art deco buildings, we popped into Kismet by Milka in Bebek whose quaint jewellery designs are worn by celebrities worldwide.

Sure, there have always been tourists behaving badly ever since the first tourist existed. But, in an age where travel has become so easy and ubiquitous for so many for the first time, those problems have amplified a thousandfold. 

All rooms come with comfy Hypnos beds with luxury Egyptian cotton linen, spacious bathrooms, Nespresso coffee machines, highspeed Wi-Fi and several channels on a 40” flat-screen TV.  The mini-bar comes stocked with some drinks that are included in the room rate.