Süleymaniye, the aqueduct and Zeyrek in six hours

The route, stop by stop

1. 1
   Spice Bazaar

   The Egyptian Bazaar of the 1660s, named for the duties on goods from Egypt that paid for it: spices, Turkish delight, dried fruit and nuts.

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2. 2
   Rüstem Paşa Mosque

   A small mosque up a staircase above the market streets, its walls covered in the finest İznik tiles in the city. Sinan built it for the grand vizier of Süleyman the Magnificent.

   20 min here Walk here →
3. 3
   Süleymaniye Mosque

   Sinan's masterpiece, finished in 1557 for Süleyman the Magnificent, who is buried in its garden near his wife Hürrem. The terrace behind it looks over the Golden Horn, and the bean restaurants on the street beside it make lunch.

   90 min here Walk here →
4. 4
   Şehzade Mosque

   Sinan's first imperial mosque, finished in 1548 for a son of Süleyman who died young.

   20 min here Walk here →
5. 5
   Valens Aqueduct

   The Roman aqueduct completed under the emperor Valens in 368, still carrying its arches across the boulevard below.

   15 min here Walk here →
6. 6
   Zeyrek Mosque

   The monastery church of the Pantokrator, built in the 12th century by the Komnenian emperors, who were buried in it. It stands above a quarter of old wooden houses.

   30 min here Walk here →
7. 7
   Fatih Mosque

   The mosque of Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, on the site of the Church of the Holy Apostles. Mehmed is buried behind it. It was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1766.

   30 min here Walk here →