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Kervansaray Restaurant and Night Club is located in the Taksim district of Istanbul. They have a Turkish Night with folk and belly dancers. The show comes with a meal, which was good but not fabulous. The real treat was seeing the dancers.
We found the folk dancers to be marvelous, and got pulled up onstage with the Anatolian dancers. The male troupe of Caucasus dancers were incredible. There were four belly dancers, the star was Asena, currently Istanbul’s most famous dancer. We found them to be rather indifferent. One of the girls was chewing gum (I swear it!), and most had a rather bored attitude. Asena was quite good, but she posed more than she danced. It was a little disappointing, but hey! We can say we saw Turkish belly dancers in Instanbul!
The cost (in Sept. ’05) was about 35 Euros, about 45 US dollars. For a meal, wine, and a show, it was more than reasonably priced.
over 5 years ago
