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Walks in Süleymaniye.
One editor-picked walk through Süleymaniye, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
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Other walks close to Süleymaniye.
Sorted by distance from the start of süleymaniye: sinan's mosque and the old book bazaar. Good for stitching together a longer day.
heritagepocket3 km · 75 min· Claude-drafted
Vefa and Zeyrek: the quarter time skipped
Sinan's apprentice mosque, a boza shop since 1876, and the Byzantine Pantokrator on the next street.
marketheritage2.5 km · 90 min· Claude-drafted
Grand Bazaar at opening: from Beyazıt to Nuruosmaniye
The Kapalıçarşı at nine in the morning — locals shopping, no tour groups, the architecture finally visible.
food-forwardheritage2.5 km · 75 min· Claude-drafted
Kumkapı: meyhanes, patriarchates, and the Istanbul most miss
The Armenian and Greek quarter on the south side — fish meyhanes in covered passages, the patriarchates around them.
post-industrialart3 km · 75 min· Claude-drafted
Karaköy: from the fishermen to Istanbul Modern
Fishermen, contemporary art, and baklava — three eras of Istanbul in one kilometre by the water.