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Sultanahmet Historic Peninsula Landmarks

Sultanahmet Historic Peninsula Landmarks

Istanbul · Turkey

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

Walk through Sultanahmet’s historic core, beginning in a park and continuing past monuments, a tomb, a museum, a fountain, and Byzantine walls. You will see landmarks that reflect the layered history of the peninsula in a compact sequence. The walk is worth taking for the way these distinct places connect the area’s public spaces, imperial monuments, religious heritage, and ancient defenses.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 7. The rest are in the app.

  1. Sultanahmet Square

    Sultanahmet Square

    Sultanahmet Square is a park and tourism attraction in Istanbul, Turkey.

  2. Obelisk of Theodosius

    Obelisk of Theodosius

    An Egyptian victory monument that travelled from Karnak to Constantinople

  3. Column of Constantine

    Column of Constantine

    A giant Roman monument that survived statues, fires, crusaders, earthquakes, and a change of empire.

  4. 1 more stop on this walk, in the app
  5. Sultan Ahmet Tomb

    Sultan Ahmet Tomb

    Sultan Ahmet Tomb is an attraction in Istanbul, Turkey.

  6. Basilica Cistern

    Basilica Cistern

    A forgotten Byzantine water reservoir, rebuilt as a forest of columns beneath Istanbul

  7. Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III

    Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III

    A Tulip Period fountain where water, calligraphy, and Ottoman public life meet.

  8. Stop 7

  9. 1 more stop in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

1 more stop in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 7 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • 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.