İstanbul
Base town · İstanbul province

İstanbul

1 place to see from here

Stay on or near the historic peninsula: Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, Topkapı Palace and the Archaeological Museums are all within walking distance of each other.

Istanbul’s historic peninsula

What to see from here

Distances are straight lines from the town centre.

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    Istanbul’s historic peninsula

    Byzantium, then Constantinople, then Istanbul: the peninsula between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara holds Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, Topkapı Palace and the land walls. Allow about two or three days.

İstanbul

Museums in İstanbul

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    Great Palace Mosaic Museum

    Byzantine Great Palace peristyle floor mosaics

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    Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya)

    Byzantine mosaics (mosque since 2020; history museum alongside)

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    Istanbul Archaeology Museums

    Alexander Sarcophagus, Kadesh treaty tablet, Siloam inscription

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    Kariye (Chora)

    Palaeologan mosaics and frescoes (mosque since 2024)

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    Rezan Has Museum

    Anatolian finds, Byzantine cisterns