Places to explore in Istanbul
Build real days in Istanbul from a broader mix of sights, museums, architecture, parks, markets, neighbourhoods, and food stops from the existing Sortie inventory.
Start with the headline places
Abdülmecid Efendi Köşkü
Abdülmecid Efendi Köşkü is a mansion in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, on the city’s Asian side. Identified as a museum site, it offers visitors an encounter with a mansion setting within this distinctive part of Istanbul.
Adam Mickiewicz Museum
The Adam Mickiewicz Museum is a museum in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district, on the city’s European side. Established in 1955, it offers visitors a cultural stop within one of Istanbul’s central urban districts.
Adile Sultan Palace
Adile Sultan Palace is a landmark building in Istanbul whose origins date to 1861. Visitors encounter a surviving nineteenth-century structure that forms part of the city’s historic built landscape.
Audience Chamber
The Audience Chamber is a landmark building within the third courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. Visitors encounter it as part of the palace complex and its sequence of courtyard buildings.
Dolmabahçe Palace
Grand, domed sultan's palace, now a museum, including collections of art, calligraphy and carpets.
Galata Bridge
Bustling bridge across the Golden Horn with pedestrian walkways & street vendors, with cafes below.
Museums and cultural stops
Architecture and landmarks
Galata Tower
Restored 14th-century tower and former prison overlooking the Bosphorus with a top-floor restaurant.
Grand Bazaar
Historic sprawling network of indoor souks & market streets peddling leather, jewelry & gifts.
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
Iconic, storied mosque set within a vast, domed former Byzantine church with stained-glass windows.
Maiden's Tower
Structure linked with legend & once used as a lighthouse, housing a small museum & a restaurant.
The Blue Mosque
Well-known site, also known as the Blue Mosque, built in 1616 & containing its founder's tomb.
Parks and outdoor places
More Istanbul places
Browse the wider Sortie collection of sights, museums, food, culture, parks, and local places.
Galata Tower
Restored 14th-century tower and former prison overlooking the Bosphorus with a top-floor restaurant.
Grand Bazaar
Historic sprawling network of indoor souks & market streets peddling leather, jewelry & gifts.
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
Iconic, storied mosque set within a vast, domed former Byzantine church with stained-glass windows.
Maiden's Tower
Structure linked with legend & once used as a lighthouse, housing a small museum & a restaurant.
Sultanahmet Square
Public square with remnants of an ancient hippodrome, plus prominent & historic buildings.
The Blue Mosque
Well-known site, also known as the Blue Mosque, built in 1616 & containing its founder's tomb.
Topkapi Palace Museum
Huge, opulent 15th-century palace, occupied by sultans for 400 years, housing Ottoman treasures.
Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum
Palace museum of Islamic & Turkish art, opened in 1983 & displaying ceramics, carpets & glassware.
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