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Sultanahmet District

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Istanbul 34122, Turkey
Open today: 00:00 - 23:59
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The old section of Istanbul where you can find many attractions including Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque.
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it is very wonderful place to visit and pray .. only maybe crowded always because of its memoery place so you ,ust be patient till inter inside the mosque but when you inter you will forget everything when you see and watch the great bulding from inside and pray there
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Date of experience: September 2019
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Enchanted area
Every time I come to Istambul, I can't miss the visit to this magnificent place. The area is surrounded by museums, mosques, promenades, traditional and tourists restaurants and coffee shops, souvenir shops and people from all over the world. Every time it surprises me with…
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Date of experience: January 2020
Very rich in histori
Center of the city of bizantium and then costantinople the blue mosque hagia sophia all historical places near so beatiful
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Date of experience: January 2020
Best district in Istanbul
This was by far the best district we visited in Istanbul. All the major historical sites are very close and walking distance to each other. There are many nice restaurants and takeaways in every street here. I'm glad I booked our hotel here.
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Date of experience: December 2019
Very rich in history
Center of the city of Bizantium and then Costantinople, in a short walking distance you can find the Obelisc of Theodosius and the Walled Obelisc, the Blue mosque, the Mausoleum of the sultan, the Hagia Sophia and the Cistern
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Date of experience: January 2020
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Sultanahmet
With so many unmissable attractions within a mere
stroll of each other – and all set around the site of
an ancient Byzantine hippodrome – Sultanahmet is an
overwhelmingly popular tourist destination, and a
prime location for visitors to be wowed on a truly
epic scale. Beyond the wonders of the Blue Mosque, the
Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and more, this
relatively small area of Istanbul somehow manages to
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