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Discover İstanbul
At a Glance
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Sultanahmet
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At the tip of the Historical Peninsula, with most famous
sights and accommodation, but weaker on restaurants and nightlife.
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Bazaar District
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West of Sultanahmet on the peninsula, contains the
Grand Bazaar and, alongside the Golden Horn, the Eminönü area.
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Beyoğlu
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Across the Galata Bridge from Eminönü, this vibrant part of
the New City between Karaköy and Taksim Sq has excellent restaurants and nightlife.
Sights
The Bosphorus strait, between the Black and Marmara Seas, divides Europe from Asia and
Anatolia. On its western shore, European İstanbul is further divided by the Golden Horn
(Haliç) into the Old City (aka the Historical Peninsula) and the New City.
At the tip of the Historical Peninsula is Sultanahmet, the centre of İstanbul's Unesco-des-
ignated World Heritage Site, where you'll find most of the city's famous monuments. Over
Galata Bridge (Galata Köprüsü) on the northern side of the Golden Horn is Beyoğlu.
Sultanahmet & Around
BLUE MOSQUE
| Mosque
(Sultan Ahmet Camii; Hippodrome; 9am-12.15pm, 2-4.30pm & 5.30-6.30pm Sat-Thu, 9-11.15am,
2.30-4.30pm & 5.30-6.30pm Fri; Sultanahmet)
İstanbul's most photogenic building was the
grand project of Sultan Ahmet I (r 1603-17), whose
tomb
( Kabasakal Caddesi;
9.30am-4.30pm)
is located on the north side of the site facing Sultanahmet Park. The
mosque's wonderfully curvaceous exterior features a cascade of domes, six slender min-
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