Istanbul in 3 days: the city that was three empires, where the call to prayer echoes over Byzantine domes, and where you can eat on a boat crossing between Europe and Asia for ₺70.
The greatest building of the ancient world, built in 537 AD. A mosque again since 2020 — free entry.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide400 years of sultanate: the Topkapi Dagger, the Prophet's mantle, 300 rooms of the Harem.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideSince 1455: carpets, gold, ceramic, leather and spice in 61 covered streets. Bargaining expected.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe Turkish tavern ritual: anise spirit poured over ice, then endless small plates until midnight.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 31km strait: wooden yalı mansions, Rumeli Hisarı fortress, two continents in one journey.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide285 rooms, the world's largest chandelier and the room where Atatürk died in 1938.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide67m of medieval Genoese stone: 360° panorama of domes, minarets, bridges and the Bosphorus.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe world's most beautiful mosque interior: hand-painted tiles in blue, white and green from Iznik.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 1664 Egyptian Market: conical spice mountains, dried figs, and the finest baklava in the city.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide15-minute ferry to the bohemian Asian shore: the best food market and coffee scene in Istanbul.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideGrilled mackerel sandwich cooked on a boat at the Golden Horn. The most Istanbul thing you can eat.
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