Grand Bazaar
One of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, with 61 vaulted streets and more than 4,000 shops selling carpets, lamps, gold and leather. It is often called one of the first shopping malls.
- Where
- Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 41.0106, 28.9679
Get the Grand Bazaar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Grand Bazaar. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Istanbul volume with your photos and a note.
Near Grand Bazaar
Spice Bazaar 0.7 km
A covered market in Eminönü beside the New Mosque, its stalls piled with spices, dried fruit, nuts, Turkish delight and tea. After the Grand Bazaar it is the best-known covered market in the city.
Süleymaniye Mosque 0.7 km
Commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by Mimar Sinan, founded in 1550 and inaugurated in 1557 on the Third Hill. Its terraces look down over the Golden Horn, and Suleiman's tomb lies in the garden behind it.
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum 0.7 km
Housed since 1983 in the 1524 palace of Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent, on the edge of Sultanahmet Square. The collection is strong in calligraphy, tiles and rugs, with recreated rooms showing how nomad families lived.
Rüstem Pasha Mosque 0.8 km
A small mosque by Mimar Sinan, completed around 1563 for Rüstem Pasha, grand vizier to Suleiman I. It sits above shops in the market lanes near the Spice Bazaar, and its walls are covered in İznik tiles.
New Mosque 0.8 km
An imperial mosque at the southern end of the Galata Bridge, finished between 1660 and 1665 during the period known as the Sultanate of Women. Its domes and minarets mark the crossing from the old city to Beyoğlu, above a busy square by the ferry piers.
Hippodrome of Constantinople 0.8 km
The chariot-racing circus that was the sporting and social centre of Byzantine Constantinople, now an open square beside the Blue Mosque. Along its old line stand an Egyptian obelisk and the bronze Serpent Column.
Basilica Cistern 0.9 km
The largest of the hundreds of ancient cisterns beneath Istanbul, built in the 6th century under Emperor Justinian I a short walk from Hagia Sophia. Walkways run between rows of columns above shallow water, and two carved Medusa heads sit at the base of columns in one corner.
Little Hagia Sophia 0.9 km
Built in the 520s or 530s as the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, it was converted into a mosque under the Ottomans. Its compact domed hall sits in a quiet corner of the old city, downhill from Sultanahmet.
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Questions
Where is Grand Bazaar?
Grand Bazaar is in Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Spice Bazaar (0.7 km), Süleymaniye Mosque (0.7 km), Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (0.7 km).
How do I get the Grand Bazaar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Grand Bazaar and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Istanbul volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Grand Bazaar before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Istanbul volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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