PLACE TO VISIT

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  Hagia Sophia

  Hagia Sophia from the Greek: Holy Wisdom; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the cathedral of Constantinople except between 1204 and 1261, when it was the cathedral of the Latin empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1934, when it was secularized; it was opened as a museum on 1 February 1935. (We are 500 Meters away)

  
  
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  Blue Mosque

  The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. (We are 800 Meters away.)

  
  
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  Dolmabahce Palace

  The Dolmabahce Palace is located at the European side of the Bosporus, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922. (We are 4 km away.)

  
  
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  Egyption Bazaar

  Located next to the Yeni Cami (New Mosque), it is the second largest covered market in Istanbul. This famous bazaar with its countless shops selling spices and sweets was always a gathering place for tourists. (We are 400 meters away.)

  
  
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  Grand Bazaar

  The Grand Bazaar is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. (We are 1000 meters away.)

  
  
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  Gulhane Park

  This historic park originally served as the grounds of Topkapi Palace from where the Ottoman Empire ruled half the known world for five centuries. Its gardens once awash in a rainbow of roses bloom next to a small forest which provides peaceful walks to this day. In 2003 the park was rebuilt by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul, providing a living monument to a glorious past that paves the way to the City's exciting future. (This park is located 50 meters from our hotel.)

  
  
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  Byzantine Hippodrome

  The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydani in the old city Istanbul, with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving. It is sometimes also called At Meydani (Horse Square) in Turkish. (We are 500 Meters away))

  
  
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  Islamic Arts Museum

  Located in Sultanahmet Square in Eminönü district of old city Istanbul Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of İbrahim Pasha, who was the first grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent. (We are 400 Meters away.)

  
  
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  Maidens Tower

  The Maiden's Tower, also known in the ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros), sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait off the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. (We are 4.5 km away.)

  
  
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  Spice Bazaar

  One of the oldest bazaars in the city. Located in Eminönü, it is the second largest covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar. (We are 400 meters away.)

  
  
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  Topkapi Palace

  The official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman Sultans for 400 years, The palace was a setting for state occasions and royal entertainments and is a major tourist attraction today. (We are 400 Meters away)