How To Visit The City:
And now, see? Make a selection of cultural attractions of Istanbul is as difficult as choosing ten items in a supermarket. Of course, there is the inevitable classical monuments that are still headlining any brochure. They must "do", of course, but we must not lose sight of one way Stambouliote did not put more feet to the Hagia Sophia, a means Paris, the Eiffel Tower. Tastes and colors are a personal matter, so the tips that follow are by type, not by importance.
THE GREATEST
- Sophia
- Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent
- Grand Bazaar
- Cistern
- Kariye Museum, ancient church St Saviour Chora stin
- Topkapı Palace
MUSEUMS
-Archaeological Museum: Although the collections are not always well developed and some historically important objects are not displayed to the public, this museum is one of the finest and richest city. - Museum Sadberk Hanim: Located outside the city, in the village of Büyükdere, this museum showcases beautiful Hittite, Byzantine and Ottoman collections, all in one 'Yali'.
- Museum of Industry: Important private museum (Koc), whose collections are well developed and important.
- Museum of Modern Art is a Must!
THE MOSQUE
- Rustem Pasha for its architecture on a human scale and beautiful Iznik tiles.
- Sokollu Mehmet Pasha: For the same reasons.
- Hamidiye Yildiz: For his style very original and exceptional interior design.
CHURCHES
- St. George the Patriarchate of Constantinople and New Rome: Rome Orthodox.
- Meryem Ana: the main church of the Assyrians Jacobites
- St. Mary of the Mongols: the oldest church in Istanbul function
NEIGHBORHOODS
- Samatya, Fener, Balat, Galata Çukurcuma, Galatasaray, Tünel, Sultanahmet, Tahtakale
MARKETS
- Galatasaray Market: Market high color, permanent
- Kadikoy Market: Tuesday and Thursday. Huge market with all products around Istanbul.
- Ulus market: one of the largest markets in the city on Thursday.
BYZANTINE ART
- Land ramparts of 7 km, the land walls along picturesque neighborhoods.
- The old church of the Theotokos Pammakaristos: A treasure of religious architecture with many mosaics.
- The ancient church of Constantine Lips: Although the interior has almost completely disappeared, the church became a mosque, a Byzantine architecture quite admirable.
ART OTTOMAN
- Ibrahim Pasha Palace: Transformed into an ethnographic museum, the palace gives an idea of the bourgeois Ottoman habitat in the sixteenth century
- Dolmabahçe Palace: One of the best harems of Istanbul which has retained much of its original furniture (nineteenth century), with beautiful gardens overlooking the Bosphorus.
- Yildiz Palace: Residence of the last Ottoman ruler, with many outbuildings and a large park featuring hunting lodges. A fine example of Ottoman architecture of the nineteenth century.
LATIN ART
- Galata Tower: Main tower Genoese fortifications (XIV century). Magnificent views on the Palatine hill.
- Podesta: Former residence of the Genoese governors. The interior is not open to the public, but the building is located in the Genoese neighborhood where other houses are visible from the fourteenth century, and the prison and the Genoese court.
TRACES ARCHAEOLOGICAL
- Imperial Chapel: Buried in the basement of a modern shop, this chapel was located in the area of imperial Grand Palais. It certainly contained relics, such as St Shroud, before being sacked by the Crusaders in 1204.
- Imperial Domain Blachernes: Several palace was located in the imperial domain, including the last Byzantine ruler. There are also two imperial churches, one of which is still in business.
- Former monastery of Studium: Not readily accessible, the monastery of St. John the Baptist of Studium, was the largest monastic center in the Byzantine era. Stripped of his wealth by the Crusaders, the monastery was abandoned in the fifteenth century and the church converted into a mosque. The place of worship was severely damaged in the earthquake of 1894 and was not reopened.
EXPERIENCES
- Enjoy your stay to try a steam neighborhood
- Smoking the hookah is back in fashion in Turkey, the most famous cafés within Tophane
- The Turkish pastries are delicious, do not deprive yourself of Turkish delight, baklava to, profiteroles, fine paste or sesame paste
- The meze are the flagship of the Turkish cuisine. They particularly enjoyed in the meyhanes. Galatasaray those on the Golden Horn or Samatya, are popular
- Attend the first sunset of the European continent on the Golden Horn
- Staying a week in Istanbul, we have time to escape to the Bosphorus or the Princes' Islands, magical places where only the mention of names, dream
- Attending a ceremony of the whirling dervishes, as travelers of the past ...
- Drink tea at Pera Palace or the Grand Hotel in London, two old palaces of the era of the Orient Express
- Attend worship in Aramaic, a Chaldean or Assyrian church on Sunday
- Take a brunch in an imperial palace on the Bosphorus
- Getting a leather jacket cut in a day, the price of ready to wear Paris
- Go to the barber for Mr. or Mrs. in the Manikür for, for a ridiculous price
- Drink a raki or cherry vodka in a gazebo at Pera café, overlooking the Palatine hill
- Eating tripe soup in a diner at 4:00 am ...
source: http://www.istanbulguide.net/istguide/generalites/visiter_la_ville.htm
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