Istanbul Hotels

Surely no other cistern is as impressive or mysterious as the Basilica Cistern: 25 meters under ground level, reached via stone stairs with 52 steps, 145 meters long, 65 meters wide, with an area of approximately 9.800 m^2...

Being in Hagia Sophia, this magnificent building, is a unique experience in many ways. You are in a building which has been standing still for 1500 years, a turning point in the history of architecture because of its combinati...

All the buildings in the Serdar-ı Ekrem Street, from Tünel Square to the Galata Tower, are historical buildings, but the Dogan Building deserves special attention because it represents the beginning of Beyoglu's mode...

Accoring to Greek mythology, when Jason and the Argonauts sailed for the Golden Fleece with their ship Argos, they took refuge in a little bay at the west shore, in the south entrance of the Bosphorus. This story is not very w...

The most impressive of Istanbul’s historic view terraces is on the Galata Tower: Istanbul is within your grasp, and a complete 360° panoramic view of Istanbul is at your disposal: the Golden Horn, Eyüp, Pera, th...

Bridges of Istanbul 

Darius I of Persia was the first to attempt on building a bridge in Istanbul. However, t...

If you would like to see a great deal of the most distinguished examples of Byzantine mosaics, you should visit Caria. The Caria Mosque or Chora Church has the greatest number of mosaics among the churches in Turkey, moreover ...

Think of a small tower in the midst of a channel which both separates and unites two continents. A tower, subject to so many legends that everyone says it must be the most romantic building ever! Maiden’s Tower, which is...