Beyoglu

Beyoglu

Beyoglu is a district located on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as Pera (meaning "Across" in Greek) during the Middle Ages, and this name remained in common use until the early 20th century and the establishment of the Turkish Republic.

The Turkish name of Pera, Beyoglu, is linked to the Venetian ambassadorial title of Bailo, whose palazzo was the most grandiose structure in this quarter. The informal Turkish-language title, BeyOglu (literally Son of Governor/Emir) was originally used by the Ottoman Turks to describe LodovicoGritti, son of Andrea Gritti who was the Venetian Bailo in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II (Andrea Gritti was later elected Doge of Venice in 1523, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.) BeyOglu thus meant "Son of the Bey (Doge) of Venice", referring to LodovicoGritti (alternatively known as AlviseGritti among the Venetians), who was born in Istanbul in 1480 and established close relations with the Sublime Porte, and whose mansion was located at the vicinity of the present-day Taksim Square. Located further south in Beyoglu and originally built in the early 16th century, the "Venetian Palace" was the seat of the Bailo. The original palace building was replaced by the existing one in 1781, which later became the "Italian Embassy" following Italy's unification in 1861, and the "Italian Consulate" in 1923, when Ankara became the capital of the Republic of Turkey.

Beyoglu is very famous with restaurants, old buildings, churches and historical bazaars and restaurants that you should definitely visit to Taksim & Beyoglu when you are travelling to turkey. Also, you can include in your istanbul itinerary with daily tours via travel agent in Istanbul. 

Shopping Center Galleria

Shopping Center Galleria

Galleria attracts with its 140 stores on two floors an average of 1.2 million visitors monthly. The complex housed Printemps, the renowned French department store, in the beginning. It hosts upscale Turkish stores, features fast food restaurants and cafeterias, entertainment centers, movie theaters, bowling alley and ice skating rink. The shopping mall has a covered car park for 2,000 vehicles. In 1990, Galleria was judged the world's most outstanding mall by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for sophisticated blueprint design, rapid construction, and unique structural features. The Galleria shopping center on the way to Ataturk Airport from Old City or Taksim Square that has a very good location. You can include in your Istanbul itinerary for shopping or for break time.

Shopping Center Carousel

Shopping Center Carousel

Carousel Shopping Center, opened in 1995, is a modern shopping mall located in the Bakirkoy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The shopping center with its 76,500 m² area has 117 shops, gift shops, shoes shop, textile, fast food restaurants, cafeterias, entertainment center and movie theaters. There are 7 elevators and 12 escalators providing easy access to 1.5 million visitors monthly. Car parking is free for the shoppers. Its attractions include discussion panels, music recitals, an art gallery where exhibitions by both amateur and professional artists are held, book-signing sessions by famous authors, and special weeks featuring different countries. Also, Bakirkoy is once center area in Istanbul (Carousel Shopping Center in Bakirkoy) and best way to go there by taxi or you can take a public bus from Taksim Suquare or from Eminonu station. Also, there is another option that you can include in your Istanbul tours itinerary or you can take a private Istanbul city tour.

Istanbul Shopping Centers Cevahir

Istanbul Shopping Centers Cevahir

Istanbul Cevahir Shopping and Entertainment Centre, opened on 15 October 2005, is a modern shopping and entertainment centre located in the Sisli district of Istanbul, Turkey. Called also Sisli Kultur ve Ticaret Merkezi (Sisli Cultural and Trade Centre). Istanbul Cevahir is the largest shopping center in Europe also in Istanbul, and the sixth largest Shopping Center in the world. The shopping center was opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and 450,000 people visited the complex on the opening day. Recently, 190,000 visitors coming to the shopping center daily. It is open seven days a week from 10:00 to 22:00 hours and also it may extend at special days. Some of the international brands in the shopping center are as follows: Adidas, Bata, Benetton, BSB, Converse, Debenhams, Divarese, Dockers, Dorothy Perkins, Esprit, Evans, Fornarina, Gloria Jean's, Guess World, Jack&Jones, Kappa, La Senza, Levi's, Lotto, Massimo Dutti, Miss Selfridge, Mothercare, Nine West, Peacocks, Reebok, River Island, Topshop, Top Man, Vero Moda, and Zara as well as food chains, Burger King, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Starbucks. There are also many locally based stores and Turkish restaurants, offering local dishes such as milk-based desserts and kebabs. Also, Cevahir shopping center is in Sisli (near Taksim ) and good way to go there by subway or taxi from Old City of Istanbul. Also, there is another option that you can include in your Istanbul tours itinerary or you can take a private Istanbul city tour.

Marmara Forum

Marmara Forum

Opened in March 2011, Marmara Forum Shopping Mall is an extensive shopping and entertainment complex in the heart of Istanbul's Bakirkoy district. Spread over 375,000m2, this elegant mall brings together 300 different local and international brands along with a 16-hall cinema, bowling alley and an amusement park with children's playgrounds. Just about anything can be found at Marmara Forum Shopping Mall, from accessories to home ware, bags, shoes, electronics, music, books, toys, health & beauty products and more. The Marmara forum very close from Ataturk Airport that about 10 min. by driver. It’s very good idea for break time or you can include in your Istanbul itinerary for shopping or you can take a private Istanbul city tour to go to shopping centers in Istanbul.

Miniaturk

Miniaturk

The park Miniaturk is a miniature park situated at the north-eastern shore of Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. It was opened on the 02.05.2003. Miniaturk covers a total area of 60,000 m2. It is one of the world's largest miniature parks with it's 15,000 m2 model area. Miniaturk has 40,000 m2 of open space, 3,500 m2 of covered area, 2,000 m2 of pools and waterways, and a parking lot with a capacity of 500 vehicles. The park contains 105 models done in 1/25th scale. 45 of the structures are from Istanbul, 45 are from Anatolia, and 15 are from the Ottoman territories that today lie outside of Turkey. Also featured are historic structures like the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus. Additional space was reserved for potential future models. Also, miniature park very close to Pier Loti hill Eyup mosque. There is no any daily tour to miniature park that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey tours.

Istanbul Ufo Museum

Istanbul Ufo Museum

The Istanbul UFO Museum is the fourth international UFO museum and it is located in the Beyoglu (Taksim new city) district of Istanbul, Turkey. The museum Founded by Mr. Haktan Akdogan's Sirius UFO Space Sciences Research Center in 2002, the museum contains various photos, videos, reports, UFO-alien models, and a library about UFO's and extraterrestrial life. There is no any daily tour to Ufo Museum that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey trip.

Istanbul Ufo Museum

Istanbul Ufo Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

The Istanbul Toy Museum is a small museum dedicated to toys. The museum is located in the Goztepe (Asian side of Istanbul) district of Istanbul, Turkey. The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Mr. Sunay Akin, in 2005. The museum opened on April 23, which is a national holiday in Turkey, National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Currently, the museum has on display 4,000 toys and miniatures, from Turkey and abroad; many of the exhibits are antiques, some of which date back nearly 200 years. The first floor of the museum is actually the site of the Eyup Toy Shop, a famous toy shop that had closed down in the 1950s. Akin has indicated that the word "museum" originates etymologically from the name for the daughters of Zeus, the "muses"; on this basis, he suggests that the aim of the museum is to furnish a visitor with inspiration. There is no any daily tour to Toy Museum that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey trip.

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Istanbul Toy Museum

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos All-Blessed Mother of God in 1591 converted into a mosque and known as Fethiye Mosque "mosque of the conquest" and today partly a museum, is one of the most famous Byzantine churches in Istanbul, Turkey. The parekklesion, besides being one of the most important examples of Constantinople's Palaiologan architecture, Has the largest amount of Byzantine mosaics after the Hagia Sophia Museum and Chora Church in Istanbul. The main church was also renovated at the same time, as the study of the Templon has shown. Following the fall of Constantinople, the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate was first moved to the Church of the Holy Apostles, and in 1456 to the Pammakaristos Church, which remained as the seat of the Patriarchate until 1587. No daily tour to Pammakaristos Church that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey tours.

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

The Istanbul Naval Museum is a national naval museum of the Republic of Turkey, located in Istanbul. It was established in 1897 by the Ottoman Minister of Navy Bozcaadali Hasan Husnu Pasha. The museum contains an important collection of military artifacts pertaining to the Ottoman Navy.The museum is located on Hayrettin Iskelesi Sok.80690 Besiktas, Istanbul, near the Besiktas ferry. In the field of maritime, it is Turkey's largest museum, with a great variety of collections. Around 20.000 pieces are present in it's collection. Being connected to the sea-forces commander in Turkey, it is also the countrie's first military museum. There is no any daily tour to Naval Museum that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey trip.

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Naval Museum

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Akmerkez is a shopping mall located in the Etiler quarter of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned on December 18, 1993. The Akmerkez complex covers an area of 180,000 m² and consists of a four-stores shopping area, with two towers offering 14 and 17 stories of office space, and a third tower with 24 stories of residential areas. The shopping area, offering visitors close to 250 stores, is spread over a triangular area connected to the surrounding main roads through 3 atria. There are 41 escalators, 2 panoramic elevators and 30 elevators providing greater speed and easy access for visitors. 2-2.5 million people visit the shopping center monthly. It provides women's, men's and children's clothing and textiles, stationery, toys, sports shoes, eyewear and gift shops along with restaurants, a hairdresser, a currency exchange office, electronic goods, car maintenance, shoe shine services, a dry cleaner, a tailor, travel agents, orthopedic goods and a supermarket. Also, there cinema, restaurants and book shops there. Akmerkez is in Etiler area that best way to go there by taxi or you can include in your Istanbul tours itinerary or you can take shopping tour in Istanbul.

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Akmerkez

Shopping Center Capacity

Shopping Center Capacity

Capacity Bakirkoy Shopping Center, the biggest shopping center of the spot defined as 3rd District of Istanbul, serves its visitors as a center of life and shopping. Capacity, which took its place among the select and popular shopping centers of Turkey opened it gates in November, 2007, and has reached aimed customer profile with its genuine peculiarity as of the moment it opened its gates, has been visited by about 63 thousand people daily. So, there is many shopping places to buy clothing, shoes, textile, gift shops and there is many restaurants as well. Also, Bakirkoy is once center area in Istanbul and best way to go there by taxi or you can take a public bus from Taksim Suquare or from Eminonu station. Also, there is another option that you can include in your Istanbul tours itinerary or you can take private shopping tour to go to whole shopping centers or private Istanbul tour.

Shopping Center Capacity

Shopping Center Capacity

 

Shopping Center Capacity

Istanbul Aviation Museum

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

The Istanbul Aviation Museum is a military-based museum, managed by Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in the Yesilkoy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The area of museum is 65,000 m². In 1963, he issued a warrant to protect special aircrafts and other units of the Air Force, and on May 15, 1971, Turkey’s first aviation museum officially opened in Cuma ovası. The museum not only presents various warplanes, helicopters and weapons used by Turkish Air Force, but also civilian air transport and many samples of Turkish aeronautics history, starting from Ottoman era. The best way to get there from a city center is to take a train from Sirkeci station to Yesilkoy. The trip takes ~40 minutes, the trains ride every 20 min. 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum 

Istanbul Aviation Museum