
Istanbul Sacred Places Walk
Istanbul · Turkey
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Quizzes
- Offline
Walk through Istanbul’s sacred places, from historic mosques to churches representing different Christian traditions. You will see how prayer spaces shape the city’s architectural and spiritual landscape. The route brings together grand congregational mosques, intimate churches, and places of worship with distinct visual identities. It is a rewarding walk for anyone interested in the city’s religious heritage.
Le parcours
Étapes 1 à 6 sur 14. La suite est dans l’application.

Sainte-Sophie
A mosque built over two ruined churches, carrying fifteen centuries of religious and political history.

Sainte-Irène
A Byzantine church that became Istanbul’s first museum and never became a mosque.

La mosquée bleue
A sultan’s ambitious answer to Ottoman anxiety, built beside the Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia.

Mosquée Atik Ali Pacha
A fifteenth-century mosque whose vanished külliye and battered history still shape what you see.

Mosquée Nuruosmaniye
A sultan’s return to imperial mosque-building, expressed in Istanbul’s first Ottoman Baroque monument.

Beyazit Mosque
Beyazit Mosque is a Muslim place of worship in Istanbul, Turkey.
Étape 7
Étape 8
Étape 9
- 8 étapes de plus dans l’application
Données : OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
Autres parcours à Istanbul
6 parcoursComment se passe un parcours
8 étapes de plus dans l’application
Cette page montre les 6 premières étapes sur 14. La suite du parcours, et le guide qui la raconte, sont dans l’application.
Choisissez un parcours
Chaque étape est un vrai lieu, déjà dans l’ordre de marche.
Rangez votre téléphone
Suivez la ligne sur la carte en direct, ou téléchargez le parcours avant de perdre le réseau.
Écoutez en arrivant
Sur un parcours narré, le récit démarre tout seul à chaque étape : vos yeux restent sur le lieu.
Installation gratuite · Le parcours en vedette de chaque ville est gratuit, du début à la fin.
A guide who talks
Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Something to answer
A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.


