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The map below shows you where the main tourist attractions just beyond Istanbul’s city center are located. The following sightseeing spots can be found on it:
The Princes’ Islands
Ağva
Şile
Just click on the corresponding icon on the map below to see more information about the sightseeing spot. With the arrows on the top left-hand [...]
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The map below shows you where the main tourist attractions in the modern part of Istanbul are located. The following sightseeing spots can be found on it:
Dolmabahçe Palace
Flower Passage
Galata Tower
Tunnel
Taksim Square
Istiklal Street
Nevizade Street
Just click on the corresponding icon on the map below to see more information about the [...]
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The map below shows you where the main tourist attractions in the historical part of Istanbul are located. The following sightseeing spots can be found on it:
Topkapi Palace
Harem
Haghia Sophia
Blue Mosque
Süleymaniye Mosque
Archaeology Museums
Haghia Eirene
Basilica Cistern
Hippodrome
Grand Bazaar
Egyptian or Spice Bazaar
Just click on the corresponding icon on [...]
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As mentioned in the first part, the First Courtyard was the most public one, and therefore not really considered as being part of the Topkapi Palace.
But the deeper you go into the palace, the less accessible it was for the people of the Ottoman Empire. Where the Second Courtyard was already semi-public (see Topkapi Palace [...]
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After buying your tickets, you are entitled to enter the palace. For your convenience, I added a ground plan of the palace in this post. When you click on it, a bigger version will become available. While discussing the different locations and items inside the palace you’ll find numbers between brackets after their names. These [...]
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Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı) is undoubtedly one of Istanbul’s top tourist attractions. Strategically located on Seraglio Point (Sarayburnu) in the historical part of Istanbul, it has been the heart of the Ottoman Empire and the residence of the sultans and their woman of the Harem for over three centuries, until Sultan Abdülmecid in 1853 decided [...]
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