Hidden Istanbul: Historical Cibali Walk

Hidden Istanbul: Historical Cibali Walk 🏛️

📅 Saturday, September 5

🕑 14:00

📍 Meeting Point: Rezan Has Museum

This Saturday, we’ll explore Cibali, one of Istanbul’s historic neighborhoods along the Golden Horn.

We’ll visit a museum, an Ottoman bath, a historic mosque and the famous Cibali Police Station while walking through the old streets of the neighborhood.

📍 Route (Flexible)

1. Rezan Has Museum — (Optional | 300 TL)

Located inside the historic Cibali Tobacco Factory, the museum also contains an 11th-century Byzantine cistern, archaeological collections and temporary exhibitions.

2. Küçük Mustafa Paşa Hamam — (Optional | Interior visit subject to access) 🏛️

A large 15th-century Ottoman bath dating to 1477 and one of the historic structures of old Cibali.

3. Gül Mosque — (Optional | Free) 🆓

A fascinating historic building with Byzantine origins, later converted into a mosque during the Ottoman period.

4. Cibali Police Station Museum — (Optional | Free)

A restored historic police station also associated with the famous Turkish theatre comedy “Cibali Karakolu.”

🚶 Easy walking route — all stops are close to each other.

🚋 Transportation: Take the T5 tram from Eminönü → Cibali. The Cibali stop is directly across from Rezan Has Museum.

🚇 Alternative: Take the M2 Metro to Haliç, then walk approximately 10 minutes to the museum.