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Grand Bazaar and Spice Bazaar

Grand Bazaar and Spice Bazaar

Istanbul · Turkey

3 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Explore Istanbul’s historic covered bazaars, where lanes lead past shops filled with textiles, jewelry, crafts, spices, and other goods. Begin with the Grand Bazaar, continue through GRAND BAZAR BEYAZIT, and finish at the Egyptian Bazaar. This walk is worth taking for the changing atmosphere, colors, scents, and lively market scenes found along the route.

The walk

  1. Grand Bazaar

    Grand Bazaar

    A living Ottoman market whose streets grew from two fifteenth-century covered halls.

  2. GRAND BAZAR BEYAZIT

    GRAND BAZAR BEYAZIT

    Grand Bazar Beyazit is an attraction in Istanbul, Turkey.

  3. Egyptian Bazaar

    Egyptian Bazaar

    Egyptian Bazaar, an attraction in Istanbul, Turkey

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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