Architecture walks in Istanbul
3 of the Istanbul walks are about architecture.
- 25 walks
- 281 places with a written story
- 25 km of routes in total
- 0.1-5.3 hours per walk
- written in EN, RU, AR, DE, TR, ES
- last walk added 2026-10-17
Walks in Istanbul
Стамбул Синана: от Гранд-базара к Сулеймание и Египетскому базару
Архитектурная прогулка по холмам старого Стамбула: барочная Нуруосмание, сокровищница Гранд-базара, книжный Сахафлар, акведук Валента, тюрбе Сулеймана и Роксоланы, изразцы Рустем-паши и Египетский базар
Sinan's City: Istanbul from the Grand Bazaar to Süleymaniye
From Constantine's scorched column through the vaults of the Grand Bazaar to the hilltop masterpiece of Mimar Sinan, a glass of boza in Vefa, a mosque of İznik tulips and the Spice Bazaar by the Golden Horn
إسطنبول بعين المعمار سنان: من عمود قسطنطين إلى السليمانية وقناطر فالنس
نزهة معمارية في قلب إسطنبول القديمة: بدستان الجواهر في البازار الكبير، وسوق الكتب وجامع بايزيد، ثم صعود إلى تحفة سنان وضريحه، وكأس بوزا في حي وفا
Can I do these walks during prayer times?
The routes pass mosques rather than entering them, so the walk itself is unaffected. If you plan to go inside, mosques close to visitors during the five daily prayers and for longer on Fridays; times shift through the year. The stories work from outside, and the stop tells you what you are looking at whether or not the door is open.
How much walking is involved?
Not much, by distance — these are the shortest routes per stop on the site, often under a kilometre between the first stop and the last. Most of the time goes on standing still and listening. That makes them practical in summer heat and awkward in a crowd, so an early start in the bazaar district is worth more here than on any other walk.
Are the walks available in Turkish?
Not yet — all three Istanbul walks are in English. Place names, addresses and opening hours are in their local form regardless of the story's language, because those come from Google Maps rather than from the text. If you would like an Istanbul walk in another language, creating one takes a sentence describing the route you want.
How much does it cost?
The first story of every walk is free, and the written text of every story stays free for everyone permanently. Paying writes the rest of one walk's stories, from £4.99, after which those stories are free for the next person too. Nothing to install, no account required — the walk is tied to the browser you made it in.