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 0.6MI / 1.0KM N BEYOGLU THE ROMANCE OF 19TH CENTURY ISTANBUL DISTANCE 3.7MI / 6.0KM SW BYZANTINE HIPPODROME THE POLITICAL AND RECREATIONAL HEART OF BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE AND OTTOMAN ISTANBUL DISTANCE 0.9MI / 1.5KM N 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 3.7MI / 6.0KM N 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 1.2MI / 2.0KM W GALATA TOWER THE GALATA TOWER TURKISH GALATA KULESI IS LOCATED IN ISTANBUL IN TURKEY TO THE NORTH OF THE GOLDEN HORN. ONE OF THE CITY S MOST STRIKING LANDMARKS, IT IS A HUGE, CONE CAPPED CYLINDER THAT DOMINATES THE SKYLINE ON THE GALATA SIDE OF THE GOLDEN HORN. DISTANCE 2.5MI / 4.0KM N 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 1.2MI / 2.0KM N 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 0.8MI / 1.3KM N SULTANAHMET BLUE MOSQUE SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE IS A HISTORICAL MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL,THE LARGES