sultanahmet

🕌 Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum: Understanding Carpets, Manuscripts and İbrahim Pasha Palace This museum gives a day in Sultanahmet a different focus from viewing mosque exteriors. Here you can explore how writing, textiles, light and materials expressed daily life, taste and artistic...

🏛️ Basilica Cistern and Galata Tower: Booking, Queues and Visit Order From underground Istanbul to views across the city Columns in the restored Basilica Cistern, photographed on 4 December 2022. Photo: Nan Palmero · CC BY 2.0 Visiting the Basilica Cistern and Galata Tower in one day gives...

🕌 Visiting Sultanahmet, Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque Entrances, timing, etiquette and a comfortable day in Istanbul's old city Hagia Sophia's exterior in Istanbul, photographed in 2022. Photo: ImanFakhri · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sultanahmet is the name of a district and square in the heart of...

🏺 A short shopping stop during a historic day Behind the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Arasta Bazaar offers a focused visit among carpet, kilim, textile, ceramic and gift shops. It suits adding shopping to the historic district without dedicating an entire day to markets. The orderly passage and...

🕌 Staying near Istanbul's historic heart Sultanahmet and Sirkeci suit visitors spending much of their trip around Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace and the old markets. Sultanahmet brings the major sights to the start of your day; Sirkeci offers a useful base for the historic...