Layover In Istanbul

If you have have a transit flight in Istanbul airport with a stopover 6 hours and more you may have a layover in İstanbul and visit the city for a few hours. You may join a magical day by visiting Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, Hippodrome,  and more.  

Istanbul airport is about 50 minutes away from downtown by a private car. So you need to calculate your timing to arrive airport before your check in.  

• So what can you see in a short layover in Istanbul ?

  Of course, the most common area is the old cith where the Byzantium empire settled. The city is surrounded by city walls. You may visit in old city, The wonderful Hagia Sophia, on of the oldest and biggest churhes in the World. Next to Hagia Sophia, you will see the Blue Mosque, which is one of the biggest mosques in İstanbul. You will walk through hippodrome square and visit Basilica cistern, water supply of Rome. You may also see the most famous museum in Turkey, Topkapi Palace museum. Surely there are so many other spots in the area like Archeology museum, Mosaic museum, Islamic arts museum.  

• If you are a shopping fan, you should have a look to the biggest Street bazaar in Turkey, Grand Bazaar. It is a covered bazaar with hundreds of streets and 5000 shops of gifts, souveniers, jewellery. It was listed the world's most-visited tourist attractions place with 91,250,000 annual visitors in a year. The Grand Bazaar at Istanbul is often regarded as one of the first shopping malls of the World.

  You may also walk down to spice bazaar and reach to bosphorus,  a natural channel between two continents europe and asia. You may have a boat cruise on the bosphorus if you have some more time and see all city by the sea.

•  Across old city you will see amazing Galata tower and istiklal Street which is famous Street of İstanbul with its restaurants, cafe, abrs, pubs, clubs, all kind of shops. You may also see Golden horn river and have some nice time at the famous boutique cafes in Fener and Balat. You may climb up to Pierre loti hill or visit Miniaturk museum.

Any chance to visit Asi apart of the city ? Surely you can have a visit on the asi aside and see İstanbul with a panaromic view from Camlica hill. You may walk in Camlica mosque, Camlica tower which is the highest place in Istanbul.  

• You may also visit Kadıkoy village on the bosphorus, famous with local peoples life, food, music and more about culture.

If we speak about Istanbul, of course we could not pass without the delicios traditional tastes. We may enjoy with Turkish cuisine of Kebhaps, Seafood, and mezes.  We do not forget the Street food.  

With a small break you may get a Turkish coffee or Turkish icecream. Also you may have some Turkish delights, Baklava, and Lokum with some tea.  

To have a relaxed, safe and comfortable layover in Istanbul you may get more information on https://www.layoverinistanbul.com

  !!! Enjoy your layover !!!  

You may see some of the places in your layover;

1. Hagia Sophia
2. Blue Mosque
3. Topkapı Palace
4. Hippodrome
5. Grand Bazaar
6. Bosphorus
7. Spice Bazaar
8. Dolmabahce palace
9. Hagia Irini
10. Archeology Museum
11. Mosaic museum
12. Basilica Cistern
13. Islamic art museum
14. Carpet museum
15. Arasta Bazaar
16. Soliman Mosque
17. Chora Church
18. Galata Tower
19. Maiden Tower
20. Galata Mevlevihane
21. Istiklal street
22. Pera museum
23. Santa Maria church
24. Saint Anthony Church
25. Flower passage
26. Beylerbeyi Palace
27. Rumeli fortress
28. City walls
29. Rahmi Koc museum
30. Sea Museum
31. Madame Tussauds Istanbul
32. Miniaturk
33. Rahmi koc museum
34. Modern Art museum
35. Toys museum
36. Chocolate museum
37. Legoland
38. Istanbul Aquarium
39. Emirgan Park
40. Ciragan Palace
41. Pierloti
42. Eyup Sultan Mosque
43. Fatih Sultan Mosque
44. Camlica Mosque
45. Camlica Tower
46. Kadikoy
47. Hurrem Sultan Bath
48. Cagaloglu Bath
49. Binbirdirek cistern
50. Ortakoy Mecidiye Mosque
51. Taksim square
52. Panaroma 1453
53. Galata Bridge
54. Bosphorus bridge
55. Camlica hill
56. Ataturk Arboretum garden
57. Gulhane Park
58. Belgrad Forest
59. Princess islands
60. Balat church
61. Fener region
62. Yeni mosque
63. Yildiz Palace
64. Sakip Sabanci Museum
65. Funistanbul
66. Snowpark
67. Dolphinarium
68. Aqua Club Dolphin
69. Nisantasi
70. Ahrida Sinagog
71. Sealife aquarium
72. Kidzania
73. Aviation museum
74. Istanbul zoo
75. Yoros Castle – Anadolu Kavagi
76. Rumeli castle
77. Sile and Agva
78. Forum Istanbul
79. Uniq ıstanbul
80. Cevahir shopping mall
81. Mall of Istanbul
82. Venezia mall
83. Golden horn
84. Adapark
85. Yusa tomb
86. Military museum
87. Hagia Yorgi Church
88. Istinye park mall
89. Cemberlitas bath
90. Ferry at bosphorus
91. Bebek region
92. Viaport
93. Moda
94. Rumeli Feneri
95. Suleymaniye bath
96. Sultan Soliman Bridge
97. Kucuksu Pavilion
98. Salt Galata
99. Galataport

 

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