| PLACES |
LOCATION |
TELEPHONE |
OPEN/CLOSED |
| Archaeological
Museum |
Sultanahmet |
0
212 520 77 40 |
Open 09:30-16:30
Closed Monday
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This is in close
vicinity of Topkapi Palace, in the direction of Gulhane
park entrance. There are many collections in the museum.
From Egyptian
and Assyrian empires to Roman and Byzantine statues,
marvellous sarchophagi,
and pieces of Temples. The rich collection of ancient art
are brought from anicent
sites all over Anatolia (Turkey).
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| Chora Church (Kariye Müzesi) |
Fatih |
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212 631 92 41 |
Open 09:00-16:30
Closed Tuesday |
Known also as St.
Saviour, this church is famous for its mosaics.
The second most important Byzantine church in Istanbul,
has beautiful
frescoes with the theme of death and resurrection.
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| Military
Museum |
Harbiye |
0
212 233 27 20 |
Open 09:00-17:00
Closed Monday & Tuesday |
Display of ancient
cannons,costumes, and weaponry from Ottoman Empires.
Also the Janisary Band performs in front of the museums
during the
summer months,between the hours 15:00-16:00
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| Topkapi
Palace Museum |
Sultanahmet |
0 212
512 04 80 |
Open 09:00-16:00
Closed Tuesday |
Topkapi Palace is the
symbol and the center of the Ottoman Empire. Overlooking
Istanbul Bogazici (Bosphorus) and the Marmara sea, stands
this amazing building
that was the great palace of the Ottoman Sultans. The
palace is a collection of buildings
arranged around a series of courtyards and has incredible
collections of jewels, China,
pieces of Ottoman and Islamic artwork.
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| Hagia Sophia |
Sultanahmet |
0 212
522 17 50 |
Open 09:00-16:00
Closed Monday |
Built by Constantin the
Great, also known as the church of the Divine
Wisdom designed to impress the strenght and wealth of the
Roman emperors. Once it was the greatest Christian
church in the world.
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| Turkish
and Islamic Art Museum
|
Sultanahmet |
0 212
515 18 05 |
Open 09:00-18:30
Closed Monday |
Used to be the Palace
of Ibrahim Pasa is a museum containing
a large collection of Islamic artwork.
|
| Basilica
Cistern |
Sultanahmet |
0 212
522 12 59 |
Open 09:00-17:30
Everyday |
Built in the fourth
century, is one of the underground cisterns that riddle
the foundations
of the city. It has been extensively excavated and
renovated and is worth visiting
and exploring while listening to the tunes of classical
music. A unique experience !
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| Grand Bazaar |
Beyazit |
- |
Open 09:00-19:00
Closed Sunday |
The world's biggest
covered historic Bazaar. It is one of the most famous
spots
of Istanbul, always filled with crowds who not only come
to shop but to window
-shop carpets, jewellery, leathers, handcrafts, home
decoration items and many more.
|
| Galata
Tower |
Sishane |
0 212
245 11 60 |
Open 08:30-20:00
Everyday |
14th century Genoese
fortificaiton.The view from the tower is magnificient
All bosphorus is under your feet.. |
Spice Bazaar
|
Eminonu
|
- |
Open 09:00-19:00
Closed Sunday |
This is a small bazaar,
known in Turkish as Misir (Epgyptian) bazaar. As the name
suggests, the shops have hunderds if not thousands of
different spices and different
types of food, from caviars to pistachios.
|
| Dolmabahce Palace |
Besiktas |
0
212 258 55 44 |
Open 09:00-16:00
Closed Monday & Tuesday |
The Palace was built as
a second residence to the Sultan Abdulmecid mid
19th century. The palace commands a nice view right on
the Bosphorus and its
gardens are very pretty, especially in spring and summer.
The founder of Turkey,
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has died in this palace on November
10, 1938 at 9.05 AM. /font>
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| Blue Mosque |
Sultanahmet |
- |
Open Everday,Except
During Prayer Times |
Also called the
Sultanahmet Camii, is known as the Blue Mosque,
because of its magnificient interior decorations of blue
Iznik tiles.
Outside of the mosque stands the turbe or the tomb of
Sultan Ahmet.
It is decorated with 17th century Iznik tiles. The Sultan
was buried
here along with his wife and three sons.
|
| Eyup
Mosque |
Eyup |
- |
Open Everday,Except
During Prayer Times |
Holiest mosque of
Istanbul.The Ottoman sultans held their coronation
ceremonies here. |
| Suleymaniye Mosque |
Beyazit |
- |
Open Everday,Except
During Prayer Times |
Built by Mimar Sinan,
the great architect, and completed in just seven years
is considered to be the most beautiful of all Imperial
mosques in Istanbul. It
dominates the skyline of the Golden Horn. Adjoining the
mosque there are
schools of theology, schools of Medicine, and a
caravanserai.
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| Istanbul Toy Museum
|
Goztepe |
0216 359 45 50 |
Open Everday |
The first and only private toy museum of Turkey, is opened by Turkish poet and author Mr. Sunay Akin in 2005
. It should be visited to learn the children of the world with the culture of toys
and to refresh the childhood memories of the adults. It includes 7000 antique toys from all over the world.
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|
Dogancay Museum
|
Beyoglu
|
+90 212 244 77 70
|
Open Daily
|
The Dogancay Museum is a museum or modern art officially opened in 2004.
It is centrally located in a 150-year old historic building in the bustling section of Beyoglu in walking
distance from Taksim Square. The museum provides a general overview of a small portion of the
prolific oeuvre of one of Turkey's leading artists, Burhan Dogancay, and that of his father, Adil.
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|
Istanbul Modern Art Museum
|
Tophane
|
+90 212 334 73 00
|
Open daily except Mondays
|
The museum is the biggest modern art museum of Turkey encompassing works of Turkish
artists with a permanent collection and ongoing year around exhibitions by famous Turkish and International
artists . It has a wonderful location right on the Bosphorus near Old Town
and Beyoglu.
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Sakip Sabanci Museum
|
Emirgan
|
-
|
Open daily except Mondays
|
Has the most important Ottoman Caligraphy collection along with the work of famous Turkish painters.
Every year the museum displays the show of at least one iconic artist show. Past exhibitions include works of
Picasso, Dali and Beuys.
Located north Bosphorus in the European side of Istanbul.
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Rahmi Koc Museum
|
Haskoy
|
+90 212 369 66 00
|
Open daily except Mondays
|
The Rahmi M Koç Museum is the first major museum in Turkey dedicated to the
history of Transport, Industry and Communications. Located along Golden Horn
in a beautiful setting.
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Pera Museum
|
Beyoglu
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+ 90 212 334 99 00
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Open daily except Mondays
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Located in a beautiful historic building, the museum presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire,
includes works by Osman Hamdi, regarded by art historians as the genre's only "native Orientalist". Has
year around exhibitions, film shows and hosts art panels.
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Istanbul Byzantine Mosaic Museum
|
Sultanahmet
|
0212 528 45 00
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Open daily except Wednesdays
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Right next to Sultanahmet Mosque in the Arasta Bazaar, the museum houses Byzantine mosaics,
unearthed at the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople.
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