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Bazaar District
GRAND BAZAAR
| Market
(Kapalı Çarşı, Covered Market;
www.kapalicarsi.org.tr
;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat; Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
This colourful and chaotic bazaar has been the heart of the Old City for centuries. Starting
as a small vaulted
bedesten
(warehouse) in 1461, it grew to cover a vast area as laneways
between the
bedesten
, neighbouring shops and
hans
(caravanserais) were roofed and the
market assumed the sprawling, labyrinthine form that it retains today. Allow at least three
hours for your visit; some travellers spend days!
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