In the past I’ve written about Islamic tombs and pilgrimage sites in outlying districts of the city, as well as looking at Istanbul’s first power station…īut this post is about Sultanahmet. For the most part I’ve stopped going to Sultanahmet altogether the crowds, the cameras, the con artists can all get a bit too much after a while. I’ve been to Istanbul around a dozen times now – sometimes alone, sometimes with others – and on each new visit I try to explore a different area. Nevertheless, there is a sub-level to this place a warren of tunnels and cisterns and passages and tombs, only a small portion of which is accessible to visitors. Many of these sites are located around the Sultanahmet district, the tourist centre of the city and a hotbed of ancient history. Istanbul is one of the most visited cities in the world – and rightly so. It offers breathtaking mosques, imperial palaces, monuments, markets and bazaars, all wrapped up in Turkey’s famously warm hospitality.
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