Маршрут

İlber Ortaylı Route

The historic-peninsula walk described by historian İlber Ortaylı in interviews and TV programs — starting at Eminönü and ending at Sultanahmet via Süleymaniye, Zeyrek, Balat, the city walls and Yedikule.

Остановки
9
Расстояние
9 km
Длительность
360 мин
Сложность
Средний
Маршрут «İlber Ortaylı Route»
Линия приблизительная: остановки соединены по прямой.

Остановки

  1. 1
    Eminönü Square

    The starting point of the route. Ortaylı describes this as the city's trade hub throughout Byzantine and Ottoman times.

  2. ~4 мин · 300 m
    2
    Rıza Paşa Slope

    Climbing up from Tahtakale, this steep slope is where Ottoman commercial life pulsed.

  3. ~6 мин · 460 m
    3
    Süleymaniye Mosque

    According to Ortaylı, the center of Ottoman scholarship and intellectual life; the madrasa and complex fabric still stands.

  4. ~9 мин · 700 m
    4
    Zeyrek Mosque

    A hilltop neighborhood overlooking the Golden Horn, where Byzantine (Pantokrator) and Ottoman traces intertwine.

  5. ~8 мин · 610 m
    5
    Fatih Mosque

    The new city center Mehmed the Conqueror built after the conquest of Istanbul.

  6. ~13 мин · 1,1 km
    6
    Balat

    A multicultural historic Golden Horn neighborhood where Byzantine and Ottoman heritage sit side by side.

  7. ~10 мин · 810 m
    7
    Kariye Mosque / Kariye Museum

    Ortaylı calls the walk along the walls "the most beautiful walking route"; it leads here to Chora.

  8. ~40 мин · 3,2 km
    8
    Bayezid Mosque

    A historic center of education and culture passed on the way back.

  9. ~12 мин · 980 m
    9
    Sultanahmet Square (Hippodrome)

    The end of the route: according to Ortaylı, "the best Istanbul tour is completed in this area."

Время между остановками — примерная оценка по прямой.

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