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Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı)

Market · Beyazıt · Istanbul

Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı)

Painted vaults, gold in windows, the hum of bargaining

‹ Istanbul
When it fits
Best in the morning · about 120 min
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Where it is

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Straight-line distances: Cağaloğlu Hamamı 624 m · Spice Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı) 656 m · Süleymaniye Mosque 694 m. Not travel times.

Why Aura
One of the oldest covered markets in the world: vaulted streets of jewellers, carpet dealers, lamp and leather shops, with hans (old caravan courtyards) behind them. Go in by one gate and out by another, and drink a tea in a han.
IconicLivelyFine in the rain
TodayHours to re-check
All hoursMo-Sa 9:00-19:00
Visit lengthAbout 120 min
WeatherIndoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortSome slopes or steps
Sources and dates (5)
  • When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
  • Today: OpenStreetMap
  • Visit length: Aura estimate
  • Effort: Aura estimate
  • Tags are Aura editorial judgement.

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Also in this area

Spice Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı)Eminönü · The 17th-century L-shaped market at Eminönü, piled with spices, dried fruit, lokum and tea. The streets around it, full of cheese, olive and coffee sellers, are where locals actually shop.
Süleymaniye MosqueSüleymaniye · Sinan's masterpiece for Süleyman the Magnificent, crowning the third hill above the Golden Horn, with Süleyman's and Sinan's tombs in its grounds. The terrace behind the mosque has one of the finest free views in the city.
Rüstem Pasha MosqueEminönü · A small Sinan mosque raised above the shops of the market streets near the Spice Bazaar, its walls covered inside and out with İznik tiles. Easy to miss: look for the stairs up from the street.