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Yavuz Sultan Selim Camii
Evening school
16th-century mosque with slender minarets & a large dome, plus vistas of the Golden Horn estuary.
4.90 (5.1K reviews)
(~0.67 km from centre)
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Coloured Houses of Balat
Tourist attraction
👍 A beautiful, popular place. The colors of the houses are bright and wonderful, eye-catching and attractive to visitors To take pictures There are many cafes to drink coffee and taste sweets.. There are also many restaurants with the country's popular decor where you can taste original Turkish dishes...
4.40 (4.1K reviews)
(~0.28 km from centre)
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Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
History museum
The remaining outer facade of a 13th-century palace built for the son of a Byzantine emperor.
4.50 (2K reviews)
(~0.68 km from centre)
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Fethiye Camii
Mosque
Fine mosaics & late-Byzantine architecture in a former church converted to a mosque in 1591.
4.40 (1K reviews)
(~0.36 km from centre)
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Merdivenli Yokuş Evleri
Tourist attraction
👍 Colored houses are nice but not as colorful as we see in photos.. went there on an early Sunday morning.. the area was quite and not full of tourists.. I advise u to go early
4.50 (814 reviews)
(~0.16 km from centre)
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Renkli Merdivenler
Tourist attraction
🫤 Fell into the tourist trap. Crowded rainbow stairs, pay to enter place. You have to order something to enter the cafe and to be allowed to take pictures. Personally don’t think it’s worth it, although the pictures were nice.
4.00 (608 reviews)
(~0.25 km from centre)
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Ferruh Kethuda Mosque
Mosque
👍👍 Ferruh Kethüda Mosque was built in 1562-63 by Ferruh Ağa, who was the kethüda, or steward, of Semiz Ali Pasha, the grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent. The mosque, which is the work of Mimar Sinan, became famous under the name Balat Lodge because it was used as a lodge belonging to the Sünbüliy...
4.70 (198 reviews)
(~0.35 km from centre)
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Tahta Minare Mosque
Mosque
👍👍 Tahta Minaret Mosque was built by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han in 1458, according to the repair inscription on the door.
Tahta Minare Mosque was ruined over time and was completely repaired in 1865 by Kantârizâde Sivaslı Halil Ağa, the owner of the nearby Tahta Minare Hammam. Additionally, the wooden mi...
4.60 (152 reviews)
(~0.03 km from centre)
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Hirâmi Ahmed Paşa Camii
Mosque
Once an Eastern Orthodox church, this centuries-old landmark became a mosque in the 16th century.
4.70 (136 reviews)
(~0.5 km from centre)
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Kariye Parkı
Park
👍👍 Every street, every place is beautiful, every place is intertwined with history..
4.30 (130 reviews)
(~0.84 km from centre)
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Balat
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Balat, situated in Istanbul, Turkey, is a historic neighborhood that exudes charm with its colorful houses, narrow winding streets, and a rich cultural tapestry.
Strolling through Balat is like stepping into a living history book. The area is known for its well-preserved Ottoman architecture, featu...
4.60 (107 reviews)
(~0.32 km from centre)
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Eğrikapı
Historical landmark
👍👍 The fortress walls of Constantinople are the general name for the entire defensive line of the great city. They consist of a number of individual walls built in different periods. The longest of all (more than 5 km) is the Feodosia walls, built in the 5th century. They end at the Palace of the Porph...
4.50 (64 reviews)
(~0.89 km from centre)
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Abdullah El-Ensari Mausoleum
Historical landmark
👍👍 From our master companions. Yer Balat. In the lower parts of Mullah love.
4.70 (61 reviews)
(~0.36 km from centre)
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Aspar Sarnıcı, Çukurbostan
Historical landmark
👍👍 Byzantine open water cistern (other similar open cisterns are Karagümrük Stadium and Fındıkzade Park). There is a closed Byzantine Water Cistern (Sultan Cistern) on the street opposite the Aspar Cistern. As in Binbirdirek, weddings etc. It is being used. There were old building ruins on the nearby H...
3.80 (32 reviews)
(~0.69 km from centre)