Emirgan Park hosts an anual tulip festival - of course everyone knows tulips are Turkish - not Dutch. There are millions of tulips and a similar number of people in the park - Istanbul is ranked the 5th largest city in the world - official population is 14.5m, but unofficial is around 25% greater due to the number of people who do not move their registration for what ever reason. Of course there is a growing illegal population also. So lets say 1 tulip per person ..... maybe - it is huge, slightly scented, interspaced with grape hyacinths. It is free to enter. However after about 45 mins, it's enough....
*15th for metropolitan area - Still beats London......
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I adore tulips but am not so happy with mass plantings. I have a few specie tulips like the wild ones from the Turkish mountains. They are smaller but very special beauties.
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