Tour Categories: Strolling Through Istanbul
In the recent years Istanbul has welcomed new and modern private museums to its endless cultural vision. This tour will take you to the modern museums of Istanbul. Istanbul Modern Museum, where you will experience modern and contemporary art. Then Istanbul University Archaeological Museum and Santralistanbul, for its Modern Art Museum. Pera Museum with its
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Bazaars of Istanbul tour starts in Beyazit Square, where we can admire Istanbul University’s mighty gate and the imperial Bayezid Mosque. After strolling through the Old Book Bazaar (Sahaflar Çarşısı) we penetrate the Grand Bazaar. The famous historical shopping centre holding nearly 4000 shops and the labyrinth alleys. Leaving the bazaar from the gate of
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Explore the masterpieces of Sinan the Great Architect Sinan. Visiting the Mosque of Rüstempaşa and the Mosque of Sokullu Mehmet Paşa at Azapkapi. Then the Complex of Zal Mahmut Paşa and the Mosque of Şehzade. Also explore the Süleyman Mosque (the complex of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent). It is a masterpiece of architecture that synthesis
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In Golden Horn tour we visit Kadir Has University former Cibali Tabocco Factory with its museum and the Cibali Gate. Then the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Gül Camii (Hagia Theodosia Church) and Kantemir House. Discover Fener Greek Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary (the oldest church still active in the city) and Fener Greek
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Visiting the Galata district where the Jewish community used to live together with the Neve Shalom Synagogue. The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews, Schneider Temple and the Italian Synagogue (Kal de los Frankos). Driving to Balat, another old Jewish quarter to visit one of the oldest synagogues in Istanbul and the Ahrida (Ohrida) Synagogue.
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BY Onur Arslan
