Buildings
Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque), Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
Built between 1609 and 1616, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is famous for its six minarets, its cascading domes and the more than 20,000 blue İznik tiles th…
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Tours and activities
Bosphorus ferry cruise, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
The strait dividing Europe from Asia, lined with palaces, Ottoman wooden mansions (yalı) and fortresses.
Shopping
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
One of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, begun in 1461.
Historic sites
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
Built as a cathedral by the Byzantine emperor Justinian in 537, later a mosque, then a museum, and again a mosque since 2020, with a vast dome that s…
Historic sites
Topkapı Palace, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
The palace of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years, on a point above the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn, with courtyards, pavilions tiled in Iznik…
Historic sites
Basilica Cistern, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
A vast underground Byzantine water reservoir built in the 6th century, with 336 marble columns rising from the water, dimly lit, and two Medusa heads…