Yildiz
Palace
The Yildiz Palace is a vast complex of mansions and pavilions extending
from Yildiz Hill to the district of Besiktas and from there on to
Ortakoy. The first building was constructed
in this area by Sultan Selim III, but the real construction of Yildiz
Palace begins in the second half of the 19th century under Sultan
Abdülhamid II. The complex, the largest and most exquisite
of the buildings, reveals the luxury in which the Sultans lived
and entertained. You will see some objects in exposition and some
buildings of the palace. There is also a very nice theater and a
turkish bath at the Yildiz Palace.
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Yildiz Park
You will enter the Yildiz Park which is a beautiful complex with
set in a very large park of flowers, plants and trees, gathered
from every part of the world, the park grounds offer one of the
most beautiful panoramic views of the Bosphorus Strait. Usually Turks make picnic at the park on weekends and also use two
very beautiful old kiosks to rest, drink tea, eat breakfast and
lunch. If you like walking you can walk through the park but I remind
you the park is on a hill. So you go up from the Ciragan
Palace to the Yildiz Chalet, Tea
Kioks and Yildiz Porcelain Factory which are on the top of the hill.
Yildiz
Park during the Tulip Festival
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Yildiz Chalet
The Yildiz Chalet is inside the Yildiz
Palace complex but you can not walk to this spot from the Yildiz
Palace, you will have to take a taxi to go there. Yildiz Chalet
is an elegant wooden building which served as residence for foreign
state guests.
One curiosity about the Yildiz Chalet is that it has the biggest
carpet in Turkey. It is 440 squared meters and they had to break
a whole wall to bring the carpet inside that ballroom.
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Yildiz
Porcelain Factory
From the Yildiz Chalet you can walk
20 minutes and reach the Yildiz Porcelain Factory. At the Yildiz
Porcelain Factory you will find a small shop were you can buy some
of the beautiful Turkish porcelain. This factory is very important
because it was used to make the porcelain for the sultans. You can
also tour at the factory and see how the turkish porcelains are
painted.
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Next visit of our virtual tour through Istanbul:
Jews in Istanbul - Neve Shalom Synagogue
PRIVATE GUIDE
IN ISTANBUL
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