Closed Tuesdays. Open 9am to 6pm. Admission to Palace including Harem and Aya Eirene: TL650 (TL500 without Harem), Turks TL140 (TL110 without Harem).…
“Rose House” Pushed to name my favourite place in the centre of İstanbul, I’d probably plump for Gülhane Park, the enormous green space…
All things Ottoman have rarely seemed more fashionable in Turkey. Whether it’s Ottoman motifs in fabrics, Ottoman houses finding new life as boutique…
“Cow’s Passage” Anyone fortunate enough to live in İstanbul knows that one of its greatest delights is the glorious Bosphorus (Boğaz in Turkish),…
For visitors to İstanbul all paths lead to Sultanahmet, the ancient heart of the city where first the Byzantines and then the Ottomans…