Istanbul Vacation Guide

With a unique position straddling two continents, İstanbul has served as the capital city…

Amasya Castle is located on Mount Harşena which constitutes the northern horizon of the…

Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in…

Yıldız Park is a historical, urban park in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is…

Gülhane Park is a historical urban park in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey; it…

Kınalıada is the fourth smallest inhabited island in the Princes' Islands in the Sea of…

Burgazada, or Burgaz Adası (Burgaz for short), is the third largest of the Princes'…

Heybeliada, or Heybeli Ada, is the second largest of the Prince' Islands in the Sea of…

Büyükada, meaning 'Big Island' in Turkish, is the largest of the Princes' Islands in the…

The Rüstem Pasha Mosque in the Tahtakale neighborhood of the Fatih district of Istanbul,…

The Chora Mosque, also known as Kariye Camii, is an exceptional example of Muslim…

Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European…

Istanbul Archaeological Museums are a compound of museums which consist three major…

The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the…

The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district…

The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata is the oldest extant Armenian Apostolic…

The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral…

The large Fatih Mosque is an Ottoman mosque off Fevzi Paşa Caddesi in the Fatih district…

The Şehzade Mosque is a true testament to the rich Muslim history of Istanbul, Turkey.…

Istiklal Avenue historically known as the Grand Avenue of Pera, in the historic Beyoğlu…

The Beylerbeyi Palace is located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Üsküdar district in…

The New Mosque, originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque, and later New Valide Sultan…

The Eyüp Sultan Mosque is in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, outside the city walls and…

The Ortaköy Mosque is a breathtakingly beautiful mosque situated in the district of…

The Nuruosmaniye Mosque is not just any regular mosque; it is a symbol of culture and…

Neve Shalom Synagogue is a synagogue in the Karaköy quarter of Beyoğlu district, in…

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is…

The Aqueduct of Valens was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to…

Hagia Sophia, is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The…

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua, alternatively known as Sant'Antonio di Padova Church or…

Emirgan Park is located in Sarıyer, a famous İstanbul district situated on the European…

Nestled perfectly into the heart of this metropole, Maçka Democracy Park offers the ideal…

Spanning between the districts of Sarıyer and Eyüp in İstanbul, Belgrad Forest is the…

Most of Istanbul's historical Turkish baths, known as Hamam and are quite an inevitable…

Topkapı Sarayı, or Topkapı Palace, was the seat of the Ottoman Empire in its capital,…

The rich history of İstanbul is incomplete without mentioning the magnificent mosques that…

The stunning archipelago of Princes’ Islands off the coast of İstanbul in the Sea of…

Across the Bosphorus in the hip neighbourhood of Kadıköy sits the old Haydarpaşa…

A lesser-known fact about the Byzantine Empire was its remarkably successful use of…

The Maiden’s Tower is located on a small islet near the Bosphorus Strait. It is not known…

Considered among the oldest towers in the world, the Galata Tower was first built in…

İstanbul is a city with thousands of years of cosmopolitan history. Its multicultural…

As a cultural melting pot, İstanbul has the most pleasant culinary scene to influence all…