First of all, you need to at least skim the Sultanahmet quarter . Here, around the eponymous square, once the Hippodrome for chariot races, there are a lot of tourist sites . The Blue Mosque (aka Ahmediye) and Aya-Sofia - the Hagia Sophia Cathedral are opposite to each other . Behind the mosque is the Basilica Cistern (water reserves under the ground), and behind the temple is the Topkapi palace complex, the entrance to it is paid . Inspection of Bayazet Tower, Archaeological Museum, Suleym Mosque (there rests the famous Roksolana) on the opposite side from Aya-Sophia - at will . If there is shopping in the weekend program, visit the Grand Bazar (Kapaly Charshi) indoor market .

All Turkey in miniature for 10 TL can be see in the Miniature Park (at İmrahor Caddesi, 90). Be sure to allocate time for a water excursion around the Bosphorus and visit the Asian part of the city. For example, the area of ​​Ukshudar, lying on the other side of the Bosphorus Bridge, where you can see another attraction - the Maiden Tower or Kyz Kulesi.

If you want for 2-2.5 days off, you can have time to see much or even all of this list!