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Created by Tom Egan • Updated On: November 10, 2021
Hagia Sophia is one of Istanbul.

1. Hagia Sophia

9.2
(Ayasofya)
Ayasofya Meydanı, Sultanahmet, Fatih, İstanbul
Historic and Protected Site · Cankurtaran · 1337 tips and reviews
Blue Mosque is one of Istanbul.

2. Blue Mosque

9.5
(Sultan Ahmet Camii)
Sultan Ahmet Mah. At Meydanı Cad. No:7, Fatih, İstanbul
Mosque · Sultan Ahmet · 860 tips and reviews
Basilica Cistern is one of Istanbul.

3. Basilica Cistern

9.3
(Yerebatan Sarnıcı)
Alemdar Mah. Yerebatan Cad. No:1/3, Fatih, İstanbul
Historic and Protected Site · Alemdar · 759 tips and reviews
Topkapı Palace is one of Istanbul.

4. Topkapı Palace

9.4
(Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi)
Cankurtaran, İstanbul, İstanbul
History Museum · Cankurtaran · 1060 tips and reviews

5. Sultanahmet Square

8.9
(Sultanahmet Meydanı)
Sultanahmet, Fatih, İstanbul
Plaza · Binbirdirek · 1209 tips and reviews
Grand Bazaar is one of Istanbul.

6. Grand Bazaar

9.2
(Kapalıçarşı)
Beyazıt, Fatih, İstanbul
Historic and Protected Site · Beyazıt · 1925 tips and reviews
Spice Bazaar is one of Istanbul.

7. Spice Bazaar

9.0
(Mısır Çarşısı)
Rüstempaşa Mah., Fatih, İstanbul
Historic and Protected Site · Rüstempaşa · 1216 tips and reviews
Galata Bridge is one of Istanbul.

8. Galata Bridge

9.3
(Galata Köprüsü)
Eminönü - Karaköy arası, İstanbul, İstanbul
Bridge · 775 tips and reviews
Galata Tower is one of Istanbul.

9. Galata Tower

9.5
(Galata Kulesi)
Bereketzade Mah. Büyük Hendek Cad. Galata, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Historic and Protected Site · Bereketzade · 2463 tips and reviews
Khorasani Ocakbasi Kebabhouse is one of Istanbul.

10. Khorasani Ocakbasi Kebabhouse

7.5
Divanyolu Blv. 39/41, İstanbul, İstanbul
Middle Eastern Restaurant · Alemdar · 75 tips and reviews
Hamdi Restaurant is one of Istanbul.

11. Hamdi Restaurant

7.9
Rüstempaşa Mah. Kalçın Sok. No:11 (Eminönü Şubesi), Fatih, İstanbul
Kebab Restaurant · Rüstempaşa · 917 tips and reviews

istanbulistanbul: With views of the Bosphorus River and the city, the sights alone makes the dinner here worth it.

Pera Müzesi is one of Istanbul.

12. Pera Müzesi

9.3
Meşrutiyet Cad. No:65 Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Art Museum · 248 tips and reviews
ARTER - sanat için alan | space for art is one of Istanbul.

13. ARTER - sanat için alan | space for art

8.9
İstiklal Cad. No:211 Beyoğlu (Istiklal), İstanbul, İstanbul
Art Gallery · Tomtom · 99 tips and reviews
Çiya Sofrası is one of Istanbul.

14. Çiya Sofrası

8.2
Caferağa Mah. Güneşlibahçe Sok. No:43, Kadıköy, İstanbul
Turkish Restaurant · Caferağa · 1572 tips and reviews
Kara Mehmet Kebap is one of Istanbul.

15. Kara Mehmet Kebap

İç Cebeci Han No:92, Kapalı Çarşı, İstanbul, İstanbul
Kebab Restaurant · Beyazit · 4 tips and reviews

Culinary BackstreetsCulinary Backstreets: One of our favorite kebab places in the whole city and an oasis of calm in the bustling Grand Bazaar. Try the kunefe dessert. Read more.

Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Mahdumları is one of Istanbul.

16. Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Mahdumları

9.1
Tahmiş Sok No:66 Eminönü, Fatih, İstanbul
Coffee Shop · Rüstempaşa · 269 tips and reviews
Karaköy Güllüoğlu is one of Istanbul.

17. Karaköy Güllüoğlu

9.1
Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa Mh. Rıhtım Cad. No:3-4 Karaköy, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Dessert Shop · 2506 tips and reviews
Zübeyir Ocakbaşı is one of Istanbul.

18. Zübeyir Ocakbaşı

8.6
Şehit Muhtar Mah. Bekar Sok. No:28, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Kebab Restaurant · Şehit Muhtar · 702 tips and reviews
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art is one of Istanbul.

19. Istanbul Museum of Modern Art

9.4
(İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi)
Kılıçalipaşa Mah. Tophane İskele Cad. No:1/1, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Art Museum · Kılıçalipaşa · 551 tips and reviews
Karaköy Lokantası is one of Istanbul.

20. Karaköy Lokantası

8.6
Kemankeş Cad. No:37 Karaköy, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Turkish Restaurant · 864 tips and reviews
Gülhane Park is one of Istanbul.

21. Gülhane Park

9.2
(Gülhane Parkı)
Cankurtaran Mh. Nöbethane Cad. No:1 Gülhane, Fatih, İstanbul
Park · 1115 tips and reviews
Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı is one of Istanbul.

22. Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı

9.4
Kemankeş Mah. Hamam Sok. No:1, İstanbul, İstanbul
Spa · Kemankeş Karamustafapaşa · 149 tips and reviews
Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamamı is one of Istanbul.

23. Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamamı

8.9
Cankurtaran Mh. Bab-ı Hümayün Cd. No:1, Sultanahmet, Fatih, İstanbul, İstanbul
Bath House · Cankurtaran · 113 tips and reviews

24. Cağaloğlu Hamamı

8.2
Kazım İsmail Gürkan Cd. No:34 Cağaloğlu, İstanbul, İstanbul
Bath House · Alemdar · 89 tips and reviews
Chora Museum is one of Istanbul.

25. Chora Museum

8.9
(Kariye Müzesi)
Kariye Camii Sok. No:18 Edirnekapı, Fatih, Fatih, İstanbul
Museum · 154 tips and reviews
Hippodrome is one of Istanbul.

26. Hippodrome

8.2
(Hipodrom)
Sultanahmet, Fatih, İstanbul
Historic and Protected Site · 39 tips and reviews

27. Zübeyir Ocakbaşı

8.6
Şehit Muhtar Mah. Bekar Sok. No:28, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Kebab Restaurant · Şehit Muhtar · 702 tips and reviews

DensDens: One of the best meals we had in Istanbul. Don't snooze on the meat platter sampler thing (and the Raki!) I hear the pork chop is off the chain too (but was sold out by the time we got there :(

Karadeniz Restaurant is one of Istanbul.

28. Karadeniz Restaurant

9.4
Katip Çelebi Cad. No:49 (KATİP ÇELEBİ CAD), İstanbul, İstanbul
Turkish Restaurant · Fatih · 206 tips and reviews
Sur Balık is one of Istanbul.

29. Sur Balık

8.7
Kennedy Cad. Sahilyolu No.38/1, Eminönü, İstanbul
Seafood Restaurant · Sultanahmet · 159 tips and reviews
Şehzade Erzurum Cağ Kebabı is one of Istanbul.

30. Şehzade Erzurum Cağ Kebabı

8.6
Hoca Paşa Mah. Hoca Paşa Sok. No:3/A (Ankara Cad.), Fatih, İstanbul
Kebab Restaurant · 677 tips and reviews

31. Tarihi Eminönü Balık Ekmek

8.4
Eminönü Meydanı (Ragıp Gümüşpala Caddesi), İstanbul, İstanbul
Food Truck · 807 tips and reviews

Ylkär A.Ylkär Aghayeva: If you visit Istanbul and never taste balık ekmek (fish n'bread), you haven't really visited Istanbul. This is one of the "must go and taste" places in Istanbul.

Fenix is one of Istanbul.

32. Fenix

8.1
Nispetiye Cad. No:79, İstanbul, İstanbul
Restaurant · Etiler · 157 tips and reviews
Sunset Grill & Bar is one of Istanbul.

33. Sunset Grill & Bar

9.1
Kuruçeşme Mah. Yol Sok. No:2 (Ahmet Adnan Saygun Caddesi), Beşiktaş, İstanbul
Restaurant · Kuruçeşme · 699 tips and reviews
Mikla is one of Istanbul.

34. Mikla

9.0
The Marmara Pera (Meşrutiyet Cad. Tepebaşı), Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Restaurant · 292 tips and reviews

35. Bebek Fish

Seafood Restaurant · Bebek · 2 tips and reviews
Cecconi's is one of Istanbul.

36. Cecconi's

8.6
Meşrutiyet Caddesi 56 (Refik Saydam), İstanbul, İstanbul
Italian Restaurant · Evliya Çelebi · 115 tips and reviews
Aşşk Kahve is one of Istanbul.

37. Aşşk Kahve

8.4
Muallim Naci Cad. No:64/B, Beşiktaş, İstanbul
Café · Kuruçeşme · 1554 tips and reviews
Balıkçı Sabahattin is one of Istanbul.

38. Balıkçı Sabahattin

8.5
Seyit Hasan Kuyu Sok. No:1 Cankurtaran, Fatih, İstanbul
Seafood Restaurant · 374 tips and reviews
Taksim Square is one of Istanbul.

39. Taksim Square

8.7
(Taksim Meydanı)
Taksim, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Plaza · 3169 tips and reviews
Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus is one of Istanbul.

40. Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus

9.5
28 Çırağan Cd. Beşiktaş (Çırağan Caddesi), İstanbul, İstanbul
Hotel · Beşiktaş · 402 tips and reviews
Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah is one of Istanbul.

41. Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah

9.4
Meşrutiyet Cad. No:52 Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Hotel · 193 tips and reviews
İstiklal Avenue is one of Istanbul.

42. İstiklal Avenue

(İstiklal Caddesi)
Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Road · 4600 tips and reviews