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Contents QuickStart Guide - photo 1
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Welcome to stanbul

In stanbul, extraordinary experiences are found around every corner. Here, dervishes whirl, mezzins calll from minarets, and people move between continents multiple times a day. Home to millennia-old monuments and cutting-edge art galleries (sometimes in the same block), it's a destination where eating, drinking and dancing are local priorities, and where everyone is welcome to join the party.

Food stalls near the New Mosque Matt MunroLonely Planet stanbulTop Sights - photo 4
Food stalls near the New Mosque Matt Munro/Lonely Planet
stanbulTop Sights
Aya Sofya

History resonates when you visit this majestic basilica. Built in the 6th century AD, its remarkable features include a massive dome and a stunning collection of Byzantine mosaic portraits.

Aya Sofya Eric TeissedreGetty Images stanbul Top Sights Topkap Palace A - photo 5
Aya Sofya Eric Teissedre/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

Topkap Palace

A series of mad, sad and downright bad sultans lived in this pavilion-style palace during the glory days of the Ottoman Empire. Reminders of their privileged lifestyles are everywhere to be seen.

Topkap Palace Mark Horn Getty Images stanbul Top Sights The Bosphorus A - photo 6
Topkap Palace Mark Horn /Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

The Bosphorus

A ferry trip down the mighty Bosphorus strait showcases a passing parade of mosques, palaces and mansions on both the Asian and European shores.

The Bosphorus Grant FaintGetty Images stanbul Top Sights Grand Bazaar - photo 7
The Bosphorus Grant Faint/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

Grand Bazaar

Sometimes described as the world's oldest and most evocative shopping mall, this colourful and chaotic covered market is the heart of stanbul's Old City and one of its most atmospheric destinations.

Grand Bazaar Siegfried LaydaGetty Images stanbul Top Sights Kariye Museum - photo 8
Grand Bazaar Siegfried Layda/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

Kariye Museum (Chora Church)

Proving that great things can indeed come in small packages, this diminutive Byzantine church is made extraordinary by virtue of its interior, which is crammed with exquisite mosaics and frescoes.

Kariye Museum Chora Church Emilie ChaixGetty Images stanbul Top Sights - photo 9
Kariye Museum (Chora Church) Emilie Chaix/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

stanbul Archaeology Museums

An eclectic and exhilarating collection of antiquities, classical sculpture, Ottoman tilework and Byzantine artefacts is showcased at this museum complex next to Topkap Palace.

stanbul Archaeology Museums John Sones Singing Bowl MediaGetty Images - photo 10
stanbul Archaeology Museums John Sones Singing Bowl Media/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

Sleymaniye Mosque

Truly deserving the tag 'living history', this imperial mosque atop the city's fourth hill is one of few that has retained, restored and creatively reused its original outbuildings.

Sleymaniye Mosque Neil FarrinGetty Images stanbul Top Sights stiklal - photo 11
Sleymaniye Mosque Neil Farrin/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

stiklal Caddesi

A promenade down this pedestrianised 19th-century boulevard is the quintessential stanbul experience, offering a colourful snapshot of local life.

stiklal Caddesi Gardel BertrandHemisFRGetty Images stanbul Top Sights - photo 12
stiklal Caddesi Gardel Bertrand/Hemis.FR/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

stanbul Modern

stanbul has one of the most exciting contemporary art scenes in the world, and this gallery housed in a converted shipping warehouse on the Bosphorus is its pre-eminent venue.

stanbul Modern Murat GermenIstanbul Modern stanbul Top Sights Dolmabahe - photo 13
stanbul Modern Murat Germen/Istanbul Modern

stanbul Top Sights

Dolmabahe Palace

This ornate palace on the Bosphorus shore built as the Ottoman Empire's power waned but making no concessions to this fact gives a fascinating glimpse into the artificial lives and ostentatious taste of the sultans.

Dolmabahe Palace Salvator BarkiGetty Images stanbul Top Sights Basilica - photo 14
Dolmabahe Palace Salvator Barki/Getty Images

stanbul Top Sights

Basilica Cistern

Both architectural tour de force and virtuosic engineering feat, this evocatively lit underground cistern is one of stanbul's most mysterious and magnificent Byzantine monuments.

Basilica Cistern Danita DelimontGetty Images stanbul Top Sights Blue Mosque - photo 15
Basilica Cistern Danita Delimont/Getty Images

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Blue Mosque

Beloved of tourists and locals alike, the most photogenic of stanbul's imperial mosques is also one of the busiest places of worship in the city.

Blue Mosque Dozier MarcGetty Images stanbulLocal Life Insider tips to - photo 16
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