Istanbul Trip

Istanbul

Historical area

Topkapı Palace- can take the whole day

 -a separate ticket for Harem section

Within palace gates there is also Hagia Irene Church sometimes they have classical music concerts

Aya Ireni

Hagia Sophia

Blue Mosque

Archaeological Museum

Grand Palace Mosaic Museum

(Entrance Arasta Bazaar somewhere between the shops)

Carpet Museum (Corner of Hagia Sophia- Sogukcesme Sokak, by the palace walls)

Church of Chora (Kariye Muzesi)

Suleymaniye Mosque

Sirkeci Train Station

Go to Hamdi Restaurant nearby go to the top floor to eat a good meal and take pictures.

Grand Bazaar Kapalicarsi

 and Egytption Bazzaar Misir Carsisi

Galata Tower, a nice view from the top. Italians build this tower to look out for their ships coming and going to Istanbul.

Take a ferry from Eminonu to Uskudar enjoy the view from the boat

Uskudar( Scutari) is on the Anatolian side. You will see maiden’s tower on the way.

You can visit Mihrimah mosque right across the ferry docks.

It is a very busy area both Eminonu and Uskudar

From Uskudar if you walk Salacak direction there is a nice walking way by the sea and numerous cafes with view along the road.

Bosphorous

European side

Dolmabahce palace very beautiful even if you don’t want to visit the palace go there and have a meal in the palace garden

Emirgan

Sakip Sabanci museum, old family house has the ottoman collection and they have a modern museum attached very pretty view. Just next door there is a restaurant that you might like

Emirgan Sabanci Muzesi

Emirgan Cafe and fountain - Artist : Ibrahim Calli

Right accross on the Anatolian side there is Kanlica. It is a nice neighbourhood.

Kanlica

-          Tarabya and Sariyer  are nice neighborhoods and if you drive all the way to Karadeniz- Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus there is Rumeli Kavagi  district where you can have nice seafood

Anatolian side

Uskudar,

 Beylerbeyi Palace, 

Kuzguncuk nice old neighborhood,

 Anadolu hisari (Anatolian Castle)

 then Kucuksu Kasri another palace open to the public you can have a meal there as well.

 Then you can go to Kanlica 

and all the way to Beykoz

From Beykoz you can take the ferry (both for cars and people) go to Tarabya on the European side and drive back to the Dolmabahce area.

Dolmabahce Palace is in Besiktas district and they also have a marine museum there.