Turkey
Istanbul
Historical Peninsula

Grand Bazaar

The Grand Bazaar in is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops on a total area of 30,700 m2, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 9:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Marketplace
  • Description: bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Grand Bazaar, Istanbul” and “Kapalı Çarşı”
  • Address: Fatih, İstanbul 34126
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Column of Constantine.

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a . is situated 1 km east of Grand Bazaar.

The is a monumental column commemorating the dedication of Constantinople by Roman emperor Constantine the Great on 11 May 330 AD. is situated 370 metres southeast of Grand Bazaar.

Square
Photo: T88288, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lies to the north of Ordu Caddesi in the district of , , . Officially named Freedom Square, it is more generally known as after the early Ottoman on one side. is situated 240 metres southwest of Grand Bazaar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beyazıt and Mollafenari.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Quarter
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, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of within the district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.

Grand Bazaar

Latitude
41.01097° or 41° 0′ 40″ north
Longitude
28.96825° or 28° 58′ 6″ east
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X69+98
Open­Street­Map ID
way 303807317
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­marketplace
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­retail
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7302385
Wiki­data ID
Q505954
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Võro—“Grand Bazaar” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Basaar”
  • Arabic: “Büyük Çarşı”
  • Arabic: “Kapalıçarşı”
  • Arabic: “البازار الكبير”
  • Arabic: “البازار المسقوف”
  • Arabic: “السوق الكبير المغطى”
  • Armenian: “Գրանդ բազար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qapalı çarşı”
  • Bashkir: “Гранд баҙар”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡапалы чаршы”
  • Bashkir: “Оло баҙар”
  • Bashkir: “Япмалы баҙар”
  • Basque: “Bazar Handia”
  • Bengali: “বড় বাজার, ইস্তাম্বুল”
  • Bosnian: “Kapali čaršija”
  • Bulgarian: “Капалъчаршъ”
  • Catalan: “Gran Basar”
  • Central Kurdish: “بازاڕی گەورە، ئەستەمبوڵ”
  • Chinese: “大巴扎”
  • Chinese: “大巴扎市场”
  • Czech: “Velký bazar”
  • Dutch: “Grote Bazaar van Istanboel”
  • Dutch: “Grote Bazaar van Istanbul”
  • Dutch: “Kapali Carsi”
  • Dutch: “Kapalı Çarşı”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البازار الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Bazaro”
  • French: “Grand bazar d’Istambul”
  • French: “Grand bazar d’Istanbul”
  • French: “Grand Bazar”
  • Galician: “Gran Bazar de Istambul”
  • Galician: “Gran bazar de Istanbul”
  • Galician: “Gran Bazar”
  • German: “Grosser Basar”
  • German: “Großer Basar”
  • German: “Kapali Carsi”
  • German: “Kapalı Çarşı”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλο Παζάρι”
  • Greek: “Το Μεγάλο Παζάρι”
  • Hebrew: “הבזאר הגדול”
  • Hebrew: “הבזאר המקורה”
  • Hindi: “भव्य बाज़ार”
  • Hungarian: “Fedett Bazár”
  • Hungarian: “Kapalıçarşı”
  • Indonesian: “Bazar Besar, Istanbul”
  • Indonesian: “Grand Bazaar, Istanbul”
  • Italian: “Grande Bazar d’Istanbul”
  • Italian: “Grande Bazar”
  • Italian: “Kapalı Çarşı”
  • Japanese: “カパルチャルシュ”
  • Japanese: “グランドバザール”
  • Javanese: “Grand Bazaar”
  • Korean: “그랜드 바자르”
  • Korean: “카팔르차르슈”
  • Latvian: “Grand Bazaar”
  • Latvian: “Kapalıçarşı”
  • Latvian: “Stambulas lielais tirgus”
  • Latvian: “Stambulas Slēgtais tirgus”
  • Macedonian: “Капали чаршија”
  • Malay: “Grand Bazaar”
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “‏قپالی چارشو”
  • Persian: “بازار بزرگ استانبول”
  • Polish: “Kryty Bazar”
  • Polish: “Wielki Bazar w Stambule”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Baazar”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Bazar”
  • Romanian: “Marele Bazar din Istanbul”
  • Russian: “Большой базар”
  • Russian: “Гранд базар”
  • Russian: “Гранд Базар”
  • Russian: “Капалы Чарши”
  • Russian: “Капалы Чаршы”
  • Serbian: “Капали чаршија”
  • Slovak: “Veľký bazár”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki bazar, Carigrad”
  • Spanish: “Gran Bazar de Estambul”
  • Spanish: “Gran Bazar”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Çarşı”
  • Turkish: “Çârşû-yı Kebîr”
  • Turkish: “Cevahir Bedesteni”
  • Turkish: “Kapalı Çarşı”
  • Turkish: “Kapalıçarşı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд базар”
  • Ukrainian: “Капали Чарши”
  • Ukrainian: “Капали Чарші”
  • Ukrainian: “Капали-Чарши”
  • Urdu: “بڑا بازار، استنبول”
  • Vietnamese: “Grand Bazaar, Istanbul”
  • Võro: “Suur basaar”
  • “Suur Basaar”

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