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Landmarks of Istanbul - see them on the Map
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Akmerkez Shopping Center
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Anatolian Fortress
It was built between 1393 and 1394 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I The Thunderbolt as part of his preparations for the Second Ottoman Siege of Constantinople, which took place in 1395
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Arasta Bazaar
The Arasta Bazaar, also known as Sipahi Carsisi in Turkish, is located behind the Blue Mosque in the old city center, just next to the entrance of the Mosaics Museum. Despite The Grand Bazaar, Arasta Bazaar is a small and simple traditional market in Istanbul. There are about 40 shops lined on both sides of a street, selling traditional items. Originally this place was built in the 17th century and used to be stables during the Ottoman period.
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Archeology Museum
The Istanbul Archaeology Museum actually consists of three museums. Those are the main Archeology Museum, the Old Eastern Works Museum and the Enameled Kiosk Museum. It houses over one million objects that represent almost all of the eras and civilizations in world history.Main building's construction was started by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1881. The façade of the building was made by inspiring from the tombs of Alexander the Great and Crying Women. It is one of the prominent structures built in neoclassical style in Istanbul.
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Armenian Cemetery
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Asiyan
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Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern, also called the Yerebatan Sarayi or Yerebatan Sarnici, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that still lie beneath Istanbul. The cathedral-sized cistern is an underground chamber of 143 by 65 metres, capable of holding 80,000 cubic metres of water. The large space is broken up by a forest of 336 marble columns each 9 metres high. The bases of two of these columns reuse earlier blocks carved with the head of a Medusa.
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Bayrampasa Ataturk Park
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Bayrampasa Mosque
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Bayrampasa Shopping Mall
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Besiktas Barbaros Park
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Besiktas Bus Station
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Besiktas Ferry Docks
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Besiktas Stadium
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Beyazit Fire Tower
Beyazit Tower is an 85 metre tall fire-watch tower located in the courtyard of University of Istanbul,on top of one of the seven hills in Istanbul.
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Beyazit Mosque
Bayezid II Mosque was commissioned by Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512, and it is located in the Bayezid Square. Bayezid Mosque construction started in 1501 and was completed 1506 by the architect Yakub Sah bin Sultan Sah.
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Beyazit Square
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Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque is probably Istanbul's most famous landmark and it is the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets. It is located just heart of the old Istanbul 'Sultanahmet Square' (Sultanahmet Meydani) and facing to the Hagia Sophia Museum (Ayasofya Müzesi). Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet, The 1st, during 1609-1616 in the square carrying his name in Istanbul.
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Burgaz Island
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Buyuk Ada Ferry Docks
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Buyuk Island
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Cinili Pavilion
The Tiled Pavilion (Çinili Kösk) is the oldest Turkish building in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror built a residence here in 1457, shortly after he took the city from the Byzantines (1453), but the present building dates from 1472. An oriental-style pavilion lavishly decorated with the finest turquoise and dark blue tiles of the time, it was conceived as a private residence for the sultan. Now the pavilion is officially the Museum of Turkish Faïence, a part of the Istanbul Archeological Museums. It can be visited along with the other museum buildings
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City Busses Main Garage
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City Walls - Topkapi Section
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Dolmabahce Clock Tower
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Dolmabahce Mosque
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Dolmabahce Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace was the first European-style palace in Istanbul and was built by Sultan Abdülmecid between 1842 and 1853, at a cost of five million Ottoman gold pounds, the equivalent of 35 tons of gold. 14 tons of gold was used only to adorn the interior ceiling of the palace. The world's largest Bohemian crystal chandelier, a gift from Queen Victoria, is at the center hall.
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Edirnekapi Fortresses
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Egyptian Obelisk
In 390, Emperor Theodosius the Great, brought the obelisk from Egypt and erected it inside the racing track in The Hippodrome. Carved from pink granite, it was originally erected at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor during the reign of Tuthmosis III in about 1490 BC. Theodosius had the obelisk cut into three pieces and brought to Constantinople. Only the top section survives, and it stands today where Theodosius placed it, on a marble pedestal. The obelisk has survived nearly 3,500 years in astonishingly good condition.
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Eminonu Bus Station
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Eminonu Seabus Dock
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European Highway Toll Booths - Ikitelli
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Eyup Mosque
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Eyup Stadium
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Fatih Mosque
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Fatih Park
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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge Toll Booths
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Feshane Convention Center
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Galata Tower
The Galata Tower (Turkish: Galata Kulesi), also called Christea Turris (Tower of Christ) by the Genoese and Megalos Pyrgos (The Great Tower) by the Byzantines, is located to the north of the Golden Horn. One of the city's most striking landmarks, it is a huge, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline on the Galata side of the Golden Horn.
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Galatasaray Island
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Garanti Bank HQ
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German Fountain
The German Fountain (in Turkish Alman Çesmesi) is a gazebo styled fountain in the northern end of old hippodrome and across from the Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmed I. It was constructed to commemorate the second anniversary of German Emperor Wilhelm II's visit to Istanbul in 1898. It was built in Germany, then transported piece by piece and assembled in its current site in 1900
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Gulhane Park Entrance
Gülhane Park was once part of the imperial garden of Topkapi Palace and mainly consisted of a grove. A section of the outer garden was planned as a park by the municipality and opened to the public in 1912. The park previously contained recreation areas, coffee houses, playgrounds etc. Then a small zoo was opened within the park. The first statue of Atatürk in Turkey was erected in the park area in 1926.
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Hagia Eirene Church (Museum)
Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It is open as a museum every day except Monday, but requires special permission for admission.
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Hagia Sophia Museum
was an early Christian Church and later an Eastern Orthodox church which was transformed into a mosque in 1453 by the Turks,and converted into a museum in 1935. It is regularly considered one of the greatest and most beautiful buildings in history.
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Halic Bridge
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Halic Shipyard
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Heybeli Island
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Hippodrome
The Hippodrome of Constantinople (Sultanahmet Meydani) was a horse-racing track that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydani (Sultanahmet Square) , with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving. It is sometimes also called Atmeydani (Horse Square) in Turkish.
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Istanbul Commerce University
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Istanbul Department of Revenue
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Istanbul Manucipality Building
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Istanbul Police HQ
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Istanbul SWAT HQ
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Istanbul University Administrative Buildings
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Istanbul University Main Entrance
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Istanbul University Main Library
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Istanbul University Medical Department & Hospital
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Istanbul University Pharmacuidical School
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Jewish Cemetery
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Kabatas Ferry Docks
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Kabatas Seabus Docks
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Kadirga Square
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Karagumruk Stadium
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Karakoy Ferry Docks
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Karakoy Seabus Docks
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Karakoy Seaport & Customs
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Kinali Island
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Miniaturk Park
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Mosaics Museum
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Naval Museum
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Nuruosmaniye Mosque
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Ortakoy Square
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Princess Islands Ferry Docks
Regular ferries to the islands depart from Eminönü's Adalar iskele, which is the dock nearest Sirkeci railway station. They stop at each of the islands in turn, taking an hour and a half to reach Büyükada (50 minutes to Kinaliada). Departure times from Eminönü change with the season but in summer there are at least a dozen sailings a day from 9.20am onwards.
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Rahmi Koc Industry Museum
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Rumeli Fortress
It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before he conquered Constantinople. The three great towers were named after three of Mehmed II's viziers, Sadrazam Çandarli Halil Pasha, who built the big tower next to the gate, Zaganos Pasha, who built the south tower, and Sarica Pasha, who built the north tower.
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Sarachane Park
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Sehzadebasi Mosque
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Sehzadebasi Park
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Sepetciler Mansion
This 17th century mansion was the three mansions staying at the outer garden of the Topkapi Palace. This was e building where sultans enjoyed the ceremonies taking place at Golden Horn harbor and this was a starting point for the daily trips to Bosphorus that Sultans took with their Royal Barge. Now operated by Swiss Otel The Bosphorus as restaurant and convention center.
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Seraglio Lighthouse
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Seraglio Point
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Serpent Column
The Serpentine Column has one of the longest literary histories of any object surviving from Greek and Roman antiquity. It was the offering, or trophy, less its original gold tripod, which was dedicated to Apollo at Delphi, after the defeat of the Persian army at Plataea in August, 479BC by those Greek City States, who were in alliance against the Persian invasion of mainland Greece, in the spring of 480BC.
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Sirkeci Train Station
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Spice Bazaar
It is the second largest covered shopping complex after Grand Bazaar. It is so named because various spice types from the Orient were offered here in the past. The Spice bazaar was projected by the chief court architect Koca Kasim Aga, but completed by Architect Mustafa in 1660.
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Storks Jewelers
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Suleymaniye Mosque
The Süleymaniye Mosque was built on the order of sultan Suleiman I (Suleiman the Magnificent) and was constructed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557.It is considered to be a kind of architectural answer to the Byzantine Hagia Sophia, commissioned by the Emperor Justinian.
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Sultan Ahmet Koftecisi
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Sultan Ahmet Square
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Taksim Ataturk Library
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Taksim Square Park
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Taksim Square, Republic Memorial
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The Bosphorus Bridge
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The Bosphorus Bridge Toll Booths
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The Grand Bazaar - Kapali Carsi
The Grand Bazaar (or Covered Bazaar, Kapaliçarsi in Turkish) is one of the largest covered markets in the world with more than 58 streets and 4000 shops, and has 250,000-400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like.
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The Leander's Tower - Kiz Kulesi
Maiden's Tower was first built by the ancient Athenian general Alcibiades in 408 BC to control the movements of the Persian ships in the Bosphorus strait, located between the ancient cities of Byzantion and Chalcedon. The tower was later enlarged and rebuilt as a fortress by the Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus in 1110 AD, and was rebuilt and restored several times by the Ottoman Turks.
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The Marmara Hotel
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The Military Museum
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The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
This is the first building to the left at the entrance of the Archeological Museum. Originally a school building, it was converted into a museum in 1917, and then modernized between 1963-1973. The artifacts brought here from Egypt and the Middle Eastern countries that were under Ottoman rule prior to World War I, and relics from ancient Anatolian civilizations comprise a unique and beautiful collection
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The Ortakoy Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque is situated at waterside of the Ortaköy Pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. Ordered by Sultan Abdülmecit and completed in 1854, its architects were Armenian father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigogayos Balyan, who designed it in Neo-Baroque style. The wide, high windows let the ever-changing light reflections of the Bosphorus shine in the mosque.
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Tomb of Sultan Mehmed The Conqueror
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Tophane-i Amire
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Topkapi Palace Bab-i Humayun
Imperial Gate of the Topkapi Palace
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Topkapi Palace Imperial Harem
The second court is a park surrounded by the palace hospital, bakery, Janissary quarters, stables, the imperial Harem and Divan to the north and the kitchens to the south. The kitchens today contain one of the world's largest collections of Chinese blue-and-white and celadon porcelain, valued by the sultans because it was supposed to change color if the food or drink it contained was poisoned.
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Topkapi Palace Inner Court
The Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi in Turkish, literally the Cannongate Palace - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. The construction of the Palace was ordered by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1459. The palace is located on the Seraglio Point between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul, having a splendid view of the Bosphorus.
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Topkapi Palace Kitchens
The Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi in Turkish, literally the Cannongate Palace - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. The construction of the Palace was ordered by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1459. The palace is located on the Seraglio Point between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul, having a splendid view of the Bosphorus.
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Topkapi Palace Mid Court
The Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi in Turkish, literally the Cannongate Palace - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. The construction of the Palace was ordered by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1459. The palace is located on the Seraglio Point between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul, having a splendid view of the Bosphorus.
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Vakif Gureba Hospital
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Yeni Camii - New Mosque
The New Mosque (1597 - 1663) is located in Eminönü and together with the Galata Bridge the New Mosque is one of the best- known sights of Istanbul. An elegant fountain for ablutions stands in large courtyard and the Sultan's kiosk is decorated with marvelous Iznik tiles.
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Yeni Kapi Seabus Terminal
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Yildiz Palace Forest
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Yildiz Technical Universtiy
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