BASILICA CISTERN THE BASILICA CISTERN,IS THE LARGEST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED ANCIENT CISTERNS THAT STILL LIE BENEATH THE CITY OF ISTANBUL, TURKEY. THIS CATHEDRAL SIZED CISTERN IS AN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER OF 143 BY 65 MMETRES, CAPABLE OF HOLDING 80,000 CUBIC METRES OF WATER. DISTANCE 3.1MI / 5.0KM BEYOGLU THE ROMANCE OF 19TH CENTURY ISTANBUL DISTANCE 1.2MI / 2.0KM BYZANTINE HIPPODROME BYZANTINE HIPPODROME IS THE POLITICAL AND RECREATIONAL HEART OF BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE AND OTTOMAN ISTANBUL . DISTANCE 4.3MI / 7.0KM S DOLMABAHCE PALACE THE DOLMABAH E PALACE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY,LOCATED AT THE EUROPEAN SIDE OF THE BOSPORUS, SERVED AS THE MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM 1856TO1922, APART FROM A TWENTY YEAR INTERVAL 1889 1909 IN WHICH THE YILDIZ PALACE WAS USED. DISTANCE 1.2MI / 2.0KM E EGYPTIAN SPICE MARKET BUILT IN 1660 WITH THE TAXES COLLECTED FROM THE TRADE OF EGYPTIAN HERBS AND SPICES, THE EXOTICALLY DOMED BAZAAR IS FILLED WITH THE ENTICING AROMAS OF CINNAMON, CARAWAY, SAFFRON, MINT AND THYME. BROWSE THE STALLS AND COMPARE THE PRICES. DISTANCE 2.5MI / 4.0KM S EMINONU DISTRICT EMINONU IS A FORMER DISTRICT OF ISTANBUL , NOW A NEIGHBOURHOOD OF FATIH DISTRICT.THIS IS THE HEART OF THE WALLED CITY OF CONSTANTINE,THE FOCUS OF A HISTORY OF INCREDIBLE RICHNESS. EMINONU COVERS THE POINT ON WHICH THE BYZANTINE CAPITAL WAS BUILT. DISTANCE 3.1MI / 5.0KM S GRAND BAZAAR A HOT SPOT FOR SHOPAHOLICS SINCE THE 14TH CENTURY, THE GRAND BAZAAR IS ONE OF THE WORLD S LARGEST COVERED MARKETS WITH OVER 4,000 SHOPS. THE BAZAAR IS SPECIALLY KNOWN FOR ITS JEWELRY, LEATHER, POTTERY, SPICES, AND CARPETS DISTANCE 3.1MI / 5.0KM S HAGIA SOPHIA THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE WISDOM HAGIA SOPHIA IN GREEK IN SULTANAHMET, ISTANBUL, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT BUILDINGS EVER CONSTRUCTED. DISTANCE 3.1MI / 5.0KM S ISTIKLAL STREET IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AVENUES IN ISTANBUL, TU