THINGS TO DO IN ISTANBUL
Istanbul Bosphorus is one of the most popular destination of Istanbul for its local people, especially during Summer for its climate. Istanbul Bosphorus shores are lined with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden villas, ...
The Basilica Cistern, located in the Eminönü district of Istanbul next to the Hagia Sophia, was built to provide water for the city of Istanbul during the reign of Emperor Justinian I in the 6th ...
Hagia Sophia Museum in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, arguably is one of the most important historical relics that illustrate the development of the country’s civilization. Before it became a museum by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, ...
After the conquest of Istanbul by Mehmed the Conqueror at 1453, construction of the Topkapı Palace was started at the year 1460 and completed at 1478. Palace was built upon a 700.000 squaremeters area on ...
The Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamamı, also known as the Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hamamı, is located in a building designed by legendary architect Sinan in 1556 for the notorious Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana) a concubine who became ...
The Blue Mosque (Called Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish) is an historical mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is known as the Blue Mosque because of blue tiles surrounding the walls of interior design. Mosque was built ...
The Archaeology Museum is located on the road leading up toTopkapı Palace just to the right of the entrance gate to Gülhane Park. It was first founded as the Müze-i Hümayun (The Imperial Museum) by ...
19. Starting foundation studies at the end of the century, completed in 1913 and the museum, Sinan's one of the most important structure in the Süleymaniye Mosque complex in a soup kitchen in the building ...
The Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest masjid in Istanbul and regarded as its most important. It was built on the order of Sulayman the Magnificent by the great architect Sinan, both are buried within the ...
Chora Church is definitely one the most fascinating surviving examples of Byzantine architecture. People mostly visit to the fascinating Hagia Sophia during their stay in Istanbul, but it is such a heart breaker. There is ...
The Galata Tower, Galata Kulesi in Turkish, is one of the highest and oldest towers of Istanbul. 63 meter (206 feet) high tower provides a panoramic view of the old town. It was built in ...
Sultanahmet Sqaure, also known as Hippodrome is the most famous tourist area in Istanbul on the Historical Peninsula. It is a must see region in Istanbul. Sultanahmet is the district where all tourists head for ...
The Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with 60 streets and 5,000 shops, and attracts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for ...
Located in the Eminonu quarter of Istanbul, next to the Galata Bridge, the Spice Bazaar is one of the city’s largest and most famous markets, second only to the Grand Bazaar. It’s also known as ...
Out of all the sites to see in Istanbul, the most intriguing has to be the grand and impressive Dolmabahce Palace. Home to the last six sultans of the abolished Ottoman Empire; it portrays everything ...
Located between the districts of Cankurtaran and Kadırga, the Little Hagia Sophia mosque (Turkish: Küçük Ayasofya) was originally built as a church by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and is one of the most important buildings ...
Rumeli Hisari is the proof that Fatih Sultan Mehmet took his conquest of Istanbul seriously. The fortress, which has been guarding the Bosphorus for a hundred years, has become a place where local people have ...
The Maiden’s Tower, which inspired films and poems with its beauty, is one of the most beautiful buildings of Istanbul. Moving historical and unique landscape, the name of the kind of legends derived from the ...
Beylerbeyi Palace, located in the Beylerbeyi district of Üsküdar, was built by Sultan Abdülaziz into a grove in the Byzantine period, known as the Istavroz Gardens. The structure, designed by Balyan Family in 1861-1865, consists ...
The Rüstem Paşa Mosque was built by a famous Croatian, Rüstem Pasha (1500-1561), one of the Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire and married to the daughter of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, Mihrimah Sultan. In ...
There is no better way to escape the bustle of Istanbul for a day than with a visit to the idyllic Princes’ Islands. Enjoy cool breezes and charming sights along the way to Büyükada, the ...
The Golden Horn (Haliç) is an inlet of the Bosphorus with two rivers draining into it at the far end. It is considered to be the world’s largest natural harbor and separates the European shore ...
