Best places: Historic sites in Zeytinburnu, Turkey

Structure linked with legend & once used as a lighthouse, housing a small museum & a restaurant.

Several grand rooms can be booked at this iconic waterside destination for private events.

Elaborately decorated fountain built in 1898 & adorned with mirrors & floral motifs.

Huge underground Roman water source held up with 336 marble columns covering 9,800 sq. meters.

Structure linked with legend & once used as a lighthouse, housing a small museum & a restaurant.

This 1929 mansion of the first Turkish president includes exhibits devoted to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

16th-century, Ottoman-style hammam offering traditional baths & massages, plus on-site restaurant.

👍👍 Suleiman the Magnificent ordered that a bridge be built here on the way to the Zigetvar Expedition. However, as the bridge died in the Siege of Suleiman the Magnificent Zigetvar, the bridge was built by his son II. It was completed in the time of Selim. "Bridge is my masterpiece in my works." This...

Large public square featuring the main gate to Istanbul University, a big mosque & street vendors.

Hilltop 15th-century fortress with multiple towers, walking paths & water views.

Iconic stone fire-watch tower at Istanbul University now with a lighting system to indicate weather.

This sizable structure built in 1732 supplies water for drinking & ritual prayer washing.

Granite column on an engraved marble base, dedicated to Roman emperor Marcian & erected circa 450.

👍👍 The Xylokerkos or Xerokerkos Gate , now known as the Belgrade Gate (Belgradkapı), lies between towers 22 and 23. Alexander van Millingen identified it with the Second Military Gate, which however is located further north. Its name derives from the fact that it led to a wooden circus (amphitheatre) o...

👍👍 An outstanding view, a beautiful inner decoration. A perfect breakfast in the heart of Yildiz park, feels like a royal breakfast actually (the building inside looks like a palace). I came for the open buffet and everything tasted just great! And comparing the atmosphere with the taste and view, I wa...

🫤 The Hatice Sultan Palace is one of the many palaces and residences situated alongside the Bosphorus. During medieval times it was used by Hatice Sultan as a summer palace. Nowadays, it is used as a water sports club. The Hatice Sultan Palace hugs the coastline and has always been a traditional eleme...

👍👍 Очень красивый дворец, с воды замечательный вид.

👍👍 It is a mansion built on the outer walls of Topkapı Palace for the sultans to watch the processions parading. There was a wooden mansion in the 16th century where it was previously located. Its current building was built by Mahmud II in the Western European style. The main entrance is inside Gülhane...

👍👍 I visited this church 53 years ago .then it was 50 feet from the sea surrounded by nothing but fields , 1/2 mile from a road .

👍 Özen gösterilmesi ve korunma altına alınması gereken bir yapı.maalesef gerekli özen yıllarca gösterilmedi.çiçekli ağaçlar ve led ışıklarla ve temizlikte daha bakımlı bir hale getirilebilir. Havuz temizlikten geçirilip tadilat olursa muhteşem olurdu.en son gördüğümde kadınlar orada halı yakıyordu hi...