4/5 - Good
Very busy. But unique and worth the visit.
Reviewed on Apr 20, 2025
Reviewed on Apr 28, 2025
Very busy. But unique and worth the visit.
Suggest having some baklava and Turkish coffee at Safa next door.
Visit the spice shops. Buy one or two things and go to another one. They provide samples of tea, sweets, nuts etc so you can sample so many things. There are things besides spice, jewelry, scarfs clothes ceramics.
It was air conditioned in comparison to grand bazaar and newer. Didn’t have much besides spice. Still a good place to walk into for 1/2 hour. Area around it was crazy busy!
Tram is very convenient
Nice location by the water, smaller than the Grand bazaar but interesting to see all the food products and shopping as done in Istanbul
You can learn about the history of Istanbul with a trip to New Mosque. Visit the area's stunning cathedral or amble around its seaside.
See a hidden gem of Istanbul, an Ottoman house of prayer nearly 500 years old, with magnificent tiles, built in the middle of the market in the Fatih district.
Walk across this historic bridge to spot famous Istanbul landmarks and watch the sunset from a bar full of Turkish men contemplating life while sharing a water pipe.
This 16th-century mosque is not only the largest active mosque in Istanbul, but also one of the city’s most symbolic.
Find out about the history of Istanbul when you spend time at Beyazit Tower. Stroll along the seaside or visit the notable monuments in the area.
Enter the maze of shop-lined streets in one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world to browse hundreds of thousands of hand-crafted objects.