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Istanbul in 3 days

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Day 1

Not recorded

Only 7 stop(s) today, fewer than the rest of the trip. After clustering the earlier days, the places left within reach that clear the threshold have run out — a shorter day is the accurate result, not padding removed.

  1. 09:00
    Stop 1Historic monument

    Hagia Sophia

    09:00 – 09:45

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Open at this time

  2. 09:52
    Stop 2Art and culture venue

    Topkapı Palace

    09:52 – 11:22

    ≈ 1h 30m (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  3. 11:43
    Stop 3Place of worship

    Little Hagia Sophia

    11:43 – 12:13

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  4. 12:51
    Meal break

    Neolokal

    1h 0m

  5. 14:10
    Stop 4Place of worship

    Süleymaniye Mosque

    14:10 – 14:40

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  6. 15:02
    Stop 5Historic monument

    Galata Tower

    15:02 – 15:47

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Open at this time

  7. 16:19
    Stop 6Place of worship

    Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

    16:19 – 16:49

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  8. 17:06
    Stop 7Historic monument

    Chora Church

    17:06 – 17:51

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Open at this time

Day total

Visit time
5h 15m
Travel time
2h 36m
Breaks
1h 0m
Planned total
8h 51m

Window 09:00 – 19:00

This day on the map

Day 11Hagia Sophia2Topkapı Palace3Little Hagia Sophia4Süleymaniye Mosque5Galata Tower6Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople7Chora Church

Day 2

  1. 09:00
    Stop 1Historic monument

    Sultan Ahmed Mosque

    09:00 – 09:45

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Open at this time

  2. 10:32
    Stop 2Historic monument

    Maiden's Tower

    10:32 – 11:17

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  3. 11:56
    Stop 3Historic monument

    Taksim Square

    11:56 – 12:41

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  4. 12:50
    Meal break

    Hacı Abdullah Restaurant

    1h 0m

  5. 14:11
    Stop 4Place of worship

    Dolmabahçe Mosque

    14:11 – 14:41

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  6. 14:48
    Stop 5Nature site

    Dolmabahçe Palace

    14:48 – 15:48

    ≈ 1h 0m (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  7. 16:11
    Stop 6Place of worship

    Yıldız Hamidi Mosque

    16:11 – 16:41

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  8. 16:42
    Stop 7Historic monument

    Yıldız Clock Tower

    16:42 – 17:27

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  9. 17:30
    Stop 8Historic monument

    Yıldız Palace

    17:30 – 18:15

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

Day total

Visit time
5h 45m
Travel time
2h 30m
Breaks
1h 0m
Planned total
9h 15m

Window 09:00 – 19:00

This day on the map

Day 21Sultan Ahmed Mosque2Maiden's Tower3Taksim Square4Dolmabahçe Mosque5Dolmabahçe Palace6Yıldız Hamidi Mosque7Yıldız Clock Tower8Yıldız Palace

Day 3

  1. 09:00
    Stop 1Historic monument

    Çırağan Palace

    09:00 – 09:45

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  2. 10:02
    Stop 2Place of worship

    Ortaköy Mosque

    10:02 – 10:32

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  3. 12:08
    Stop 3Historic monument

    Basilica Cistern

    12:08 – 12:53

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Open at this time

  4. 13:24
    Meal break

    Nabu Hotel Karaköy

    1h 0m

  5. 14:58
    Stop 4Historic monument

    Hippodrome of Constantinople

    14:58 – 15:43

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  6. 15:44
    Stop 5Historic monument

    Obelisk of Theodosius

    15:44 – 16:29

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  7. 16:34
    Stop 6Place of worship

    Sokollu Mehmed Pasha I Mosque

    16:34 – 17:04

    ≈ 30 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  8. 17:15
    Stop 7Historic monument

    Nuruosmaniye Mosque

    17:15 – 18:00

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

  9. 18:03
    Stop 8Historic monument

    Grand Bazaar

    18:03 – 18:48

    ≈ 45 min (category default)

    Opening hours not recorded — placed conservatively

Day total

Visit time
5h 30m
Travel time
3h 18m
Breaks
1h 0m
Planned total
9h 48m

Window 09:00 – 19:00

This day on the map

Day 31Çırağan Palace2Ortaköy Mosque3Basilica Cistern4Hippodrome of Constantinople5Obelisk of Theodosius6Sokollu Mehmed Pasha I Mosque7Nuruosmaniye Mosque8Grand Bazaar

How to read this plan

Every arrival time is the earliest the engine can get you there having accounted for the previous stop, the walk or the ferry, and the queue where one is recorded. The gaps between cards are the travel time — they are part of the day's budget, not slack.

Durations marked with an approximate sign come from the category default rather than the venue: a mosque is assumed to take 45 minutes because the data does not say otherwise. Treat those as a floor. Where a place has no recorded opening hours at all, the plan places it mid-day and marks it unverified rather than pretending to know.

Meal breaks sit in the timeline as stops of their own because they cost real time. Removing one does not give you a free hour — it gives you an hour you will spend hungry, in a queue, at the next monument.