Best places: Historic sites in Istanbul, Turkey

Structure linked with legend & once used as a lighthouse, housing a small museum & a restaurant.

Elaborately decorated fountain built in 1898 & adorned with mirrors & floral motifs.

Huge underground Roman water source held up with 336 marble columns covering 9,800 sq. meters.

Structure linked with legend & once used as a lighthouse, housing a small museum & a restaurant.

16th-century, Ottoman-style hammam offering traditional baths & massages, plus on-site restaurant.

Large public square featuring the main gate to Istanbul University, a big mosque & street vendors.

Iconic stone fire-watch tower at Istanbul University now with a lighting system to indicate weather.

This sizable structure built in 1732 supplies water for drinking & ritual prayer washing.

Granite column on an engraved marble base, dedicated to Roman emperor Marcian & erected circa 450.

👍👍 The Xylokerkos or Xerokerkos Gate , now known as the Belgrade Gate (Belgradkapı), lies between towers 22 and 23. Alexander van Millingen identified it with the Second Military Gate, which however is located further north. Its name derives from the fact that it led to a wooden circus (amphitheatre) o...

👍👍 An outstanding view, a beautiful inner decoration. A perfect breakfast in the heart of Yildiz park, feels like a royal breakfast actually (the building inside looks like a palace). I came for the open buffet and everything tasted just great! And comparing the atmosphere with the taste and view, I wa...

🫤 The Hatice Sultan Palace is one of the many palaces and residences situated alongside the Bosphorus. During medieval times it was used by Hatice Sultan as a summer palace. Nowadays, it is used as a water sports club. The Hatice Sultan Palace hugs the coastline and has always been a traditional eleme...

👍👍 Очень красивый дворец, с воды замечательный вид.

👍👍 It is a mansion built on the outer walls of Topkapı Palace for the sultans to watch the processions parading. There was a wooden mansion in the 16th century where it was previously located. Its current building was built by Mahmud II in the Western European style. The main entrance is inside Gülhane...

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👍👍 It was built by the Captain-ı Derya and his Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha in the Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa complex, located on the Istanbul Suriçi Çemberlitaş Divanyolu Avenue, between 1683 and 1690. According to what is learned from the inscription on the classroom of the complex,...

👍👍 Presumably it was built at the beginning of the 12th century. Zeyrek is one of the few Byzantine tanks protruding above the surface of the earth. In addition, it occupies third place in the ranking of the largest cisterns of ancient Constantinople. The cistern was used for its intended purpose until...

👍👍 Located on Selvilik street, the mansion is a large wooden structure and has three floors. Veli Pasha, the owner of the building and after whom it was named, is the eldest son of the Grand Vizier Mustafa Pasha of Crete. He held many embassy and governorship positions, including Paris. There were ma...