The Bosphorus Bridge

Completed in 1973, this suspension bridge, the only bridge in the world linking two continents... More

Leb-i-Derya

Seven Hills

Anjelique

Open-air restaurants, crowded bazaars, and a swoon-inducing location on the Bosporus—this is a city made for wandering ... More

Reina

A kind of mall of open-air restaurants and lounges... More

Topkapi Palace

Archaeological Museum

The things I chose to see were far from unorthodox: the subterranean Basilica Cistern, with its mossy vaults and thicket... More

Great Palace Mosaic Museum

So what if the euro is up and the dollar is down? ... More

Istanbul Modern

I made journeys to the various brand-new museums: the somewhat misnamed Istanbul Modern, which, strangely, possesses nothing by the foremost... More

Pera Museum

Set in a lavish 19th-century mansion overlooking the Golden Horn, the privately funded museum stages exhibitions such as a show... More

Babylon

Colonized for centuries by non-Muslim minorities a... More

Beyoglu

Colonized for centuries by non-muslim minorities and foreign traders, the district of Beyoğlu (pronounced be-yoh-LU and formerly known as Pera)... More

Sultanahmet

Basilica Cistern

Eighty-two feet below Istanbul is a 450-foot-long, 213-foot-wide former royal reservoir... More

Church of the Holy Savior of Chora

Rumeli Hisari

Open-air restaurants, crowded bazaars, and a swoon-inducing location on the Bosporus—this is a city made for wandering ... More

Rüstem Pasha Camii

Abdulla

Excellent towels, soaps, and loofahs at the Grand Bazaar; all can be shipped.... More

Alaturca

Colonized for centuries by non-Muslim minorities a... More

Beymen

Useful in case one needs to check up on the latest offerings from Roberto Cavalli, D&G, and Prada; there's also... More