Grand Bazaar · Istanbul: visitor guide

Beyazıt · Bazaars and shopping

A vast shopping maze of historic hans, jewellers and craft shops. Choose an entrance as your starting point and explore a few main lanes. Clarify prices, materials and payment terms before buying. Leave time for craft shops rather than treating the bazaar as a quick photo stop, and check opening days.

Grand Bazaar, Beyazıt, Istanbul, Türkiye

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Choose an entrance as your starting point and explore a few main lanes. Clarify prices, materials and payment terms before buying. Leave time for craft shops rather than treating the bazaar as a quick photo stop, and check opening days.

Plan around prayer times, tickets and transport schedules.

1–2 hours

Editorial illustration; not a photograph of the location.