Spice Bazaar
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.
- Where
- Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 41.0164, 28.9706
Get the Spice Bazaar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Spice 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 Spice Bazaar
New Mosque 0.1 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.
Rüstem Pasha Mosque 0.2 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.
Galata Bridge 0.5 km
The bridge across the Golden Horn between Eminönü and Karaköy, built in 1994 as the fifth on this site. Anglers line its upper deck, fish restaurants fill the level below, and it has long featured in Turkish novels and poetry.
Süleymaniye Mosque 0.6 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.
Grand Bazaar 0.7 km
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.
Istanbul Archaeology Museums 1.0 km
Three museums beside Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace, together holding over a million objects from almost every period of history. Among them is the Alexander Sarcophagus, carved with scenes of battle and the hunt.
Galata Tower 1.1 km
A medieval Genoese watchtower built at the highest point of the old Galata walls, now a museum. Its round stone shaft and conical cap rise over Beyoğlu, and the gallery near the top looks across the Golden Horn to the old city.
Basilica Cistern 1.1 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.
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Questions
Where is Spice Bazaar?
Spice Bazaar is in Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are New Mosque (0.1 km), Rüstem Pasha Mosque (0.2 km), Galata Bridge (0.5 km).
How do I get the Spice Bazaar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Spice 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 Spice 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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