Archeological
Museum
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Sultanahmet, Telephone : 520 77 40.
Across from the Cinili (Tiled) Kiosk in Topkapi Palace's outermost court is
the magnificent Archaeological Museum. The first floor and the annex of the
museum is open to the public, displaying a selection of the 60,000 Greco-
Roman and Near Eastern antiquities in the collection, including more than
75,000 inscribed clay tablets. Don't miss the wonderfully preserved Alexander
Sarcophagus found in Sidon and the treaty of Kadesh, the first peace treaty
ever to be signed in the world.
(Open 09.30-16.30.
Closed Mondays.)
Tile
Museum
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Museum of Ancient Orient
Distance: 15 min. by Metro
Topkapi
Palace
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Sultanahmet, Telephone : 512 04 80. The legendary palace of the Ottoman sultans from the l5th to the l9th centuries. Low buildings set in a series of courtyards, Topkapi is quite unlike a Western palace.Be sure to see the Harem, the Treasury and the golden-roofed Baghdad Kiosk.
(Open 09.30-17.00. Closed Tuesdays.)
St.
Sophia Museum
Distance:
10 min. by Metro
The Basilica of St. Sophia, now called the Ayasofya Museum , is unquestionably one of the finest buildings of all time. Built by Constantine the Great and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, its immense dome rises 55 meters above the ground and its diameter spans 31 meters. You should linger here to absorb the building's majestic serenity and to admire the fine Byzantine mosaics.
(Open every day except Monday).
Blue
Mosque
Distance:
10 min. by Metro
Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) Sultanahmet Square. The most famous mosque in the city, built in the early l7th century, distinguished by six minarets and walls covered with amazing blue Iznik tiles.
(Open every day except during prayer times. )
Basilica
Cistern
Distance:
10 min. by Metro
Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarayi) Yerebatan Caddesi, Sultanahmet Square, Telephone : 52212 59 The vast awesome columned cavern was the water source for both the Grand Palace of the Byzantine and for the Ottomans’ Topkapi Palace.
Open 09.00-17.30.
Grand
Bazaar
Distance:
10 min by walk
Has several gates: most used are at Cagaloglu and Beyazit Istanbul's legendary bazaar, a labyrinth of over 4000 little shops, is everything you dreamed an oriental market could be. Gold jewellery, carpets, silver bibelots, leather, ceramics, copper and bras objects, embroideries, hand-woven textiles. Best approached from the Nuruosmaniye entrance.
(Open 09.00-19.00 Monday-Saturday.)
Suleymaniye
Mosque
Distance:
10 min. by walk
Beyazit Sinan's masterpiece. The massive scale of this mosque is best appreciated from a distance. Up close, the mosque is formal and rather forbidding, but it is interesting to wander around the surrounding complex of buildings.
Spice
Bazaar
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Eminönü. An exotic food market and bazaar selling spices, dried fruits cheeses, olives, as well as towels, slippers, baskets and some jewellery. Outside, to the left, there is a wonderful flower and bird market and to the right merchants busily sell vegetables and fish with lots of local color.
(Open Monday- Saturday 09.00-19.00.)
Yeni
Mosque
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Eminönü. A late example of classical Ottoman architecture, this is one of the most familiar landmarks in the city.
Sirkeci
Train Station
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Carpet
Museum
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
(Next to the Blue Mosque), Sultanahmet
Telephone : 518 13 30. A wonderful
collection of ancient kilims and carpets in a very cool, marble environment.
Also a large collection of carpets.
(Open
09.00-12.00, 13.00-16.00.
Closed
Sundays and Mondays.)
Mosaic
Museum
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Opposite Arasta Bazaar (behind
the Blue Mosque), Sultanahmet, Telephone : 51812 05
Houses the beautiful mosaics discovered in Justinian's Grand Palace of Byzantium.
(Open 09.30-17.00.
Closed
Tuesdays.)
Museum
of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Distance:
10 min. by Metro
At Meydani 46, Sultanahmet, Telephone : 51813 85, 51818 05. A delightful museum on the ancient hippodrome, housed in Ibraham Pasa Sarayi, the home of Suleyman the Magnificent's Grand Vizier. Beautifully displayed Islamic objects and antique carpets.
(Open 10.00- 17 00. Closed Mondays.)
Galata
Tower
Distance:
15 min. by Taxi
Büyükhendek Sokak, Sishane Telephone : 2451160 Galata Tower was built by the Genoeses as the principle tower of the Galata walls in 1348. It is 61 meters high and consists of 12 floors including a cellar. Its roof has been restored and is being used a restaurant now.
(Open every day 08.00-21.00. )
Maiden's Tower
Also called Kiz Kulesi, this building is one of the romantic symbols of Istanbul. First constructed in the 12th century on a tiny island at the entrance to Istanbul's harbor, the present building dates from the 18th century.
Akataleptos
Distance:
5 min. by walk
Church
of Pantocrator
Distance:
10 min. by walk
Church
of St. Nicholas
Distance:
10 min. by Taxi
Calligraphy
Museum
Distance:
5 min. by walk
Beyazit Square, Telephone : 527 58
51.
The Ottomans, always uneasy with human pictorial representation, preferred
expression in calligraphy. This is the only museum of calligraphy in the world.
(Open 09.00-16.00. Closed Sundays and Mondays.)
Beyazit
Tower and University of Istanbul
Distance:
5 min. by walk
Beyazit
Mosque
Distance:
5 min. by walk
Rüstempasa Mosque
Distance:
15 min. by walk
Saint
Irene Museum
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Kumkapi
Fish Village and Restaurants
Distance:
10 min. by Taxi
Yenikapi
and
Seabus Port
Distance:
10 min. by walk
Bosphorus
Lines Port
Distance:
15 min. by Metro
Karakoy
Port
Distance:
20 min. by Taxi
Galata
Bridge
Distance: 5 min. by Taxi
Ataturk
Airport
International Airport
Distance: 15 km.
- 1 way transfer price is only € 25.- up to 4 person.
(from Airport to Hotel or from Hotel to Airport.)
- Transfer for both way with total € 45.- up to 4 person.
(from Airport to Hotel and from Hotel to Airport.)
(Send flight informations by e-mail for Transfer Reservation.)
Yigitalp
Hotel
Yigitalp
Hotel
Hotel Yigitalp Istanbul is a superior 4 star Hotel located
in the centre of the old city of Istanbul.
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