SAINT-SOPHIA (AYASOFYA CAMII)
Opposite the Blue Mosque stands the Basilica of Saint Sophia, one of the ...Read more
TOPKAPI PALACE (TOPKAPI SARAYI MÜZESI)
Try to arrive as early as possible to avoid queuing during the peak season ...Read more
BLUE MOSQUE (SULTANAHMET CAMII)
The complex occupies the site of the ancient Byzantine Grand Palace - which ...Read more
SELMA ÉLISE NUMANOĞLU
Selma, a Franco-Turkish guide, organizes themed or tailor-made tours. ...Read more
BIG BAZAAR (KAPALI ÇARŞI)
Construction began in the 15th century, during the reign of Mehmed II the ...Read more
GALATA TOWER
It is one of the city's most famous and visible monuments, located on ...Read more
BASILICA CISTERN (YEREBATAN SARNICI)
Literally "the cistern buried underground", after its Turkish name ...Read more
SPICE MARKET, EGYPTIAN MARKET (MISIR ÇARŞISI)
During the Byzantine period, it was a market where Venetians and Genoese ...Read more
SAINT-SAUVEUR-IN-CHORA (KARIYE CAMII)
Small in size but simply grand - the most beautiful Byzantine mosaics in ...Read more
RELIGIOUS COMPLEX OF SOLIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
The complex was completed almost at the same time as the mosque. The ...Read more
LITTLE HOLINESS (KÜÇÜK AYASOFYA CAMII)
It was built as a church between 527 and 536 on Justinian's initiative, in ...Read more
MUSEUM OF TURKISH AND ISLAMIC ARTS
It is the first Turkish museum to fully cover Turkish and Islamic works of ...Read more
SEHZADE MOSQUE (SEHZADE CAMII VE KÜLLIYESI)
Built between 1543 and 1548, the most important buildings in this complex ...Read more
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MODERN SANAT MÜZESI)
History. The Istanbul Modern project began in 1987 with the first ...Read more
MOSAIC MUSEUM (MOZAIKLERI MÜZESI)
This museum is located in the heart of the historic city, a few steps from ...Read more
ORTAKÖY MOSQUE (ORTAKÖY CAMII)
It is one of the most famous panoramas of Istanbul and yet, one never tires ...Read more
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (ISTANBUL ARKEOLOJI MÜZESI)
Located in the garden of the Topkapı Palace, this museum is highly ...Read more
MOSQUE OF EYÜP SULTAN (EYÜP SULTAN CAMII)
Holy places generally have a well-dosed mixture of mysticism and ...Read more
GALATA BRIDGE (GALATA KÖPRÜSÜ)
Beyazıt II (1481-1512) tried to attract Leonardo da Vinci to build a ...Read more
GUIDE FRANCOPHONE DUNDAR KARABENLI
Would you like to discover Istanbul in good company? Contact Dündar! This ...Read more