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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Adalar

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Adalar, Turkey

Updated May 15, 2019

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Unusual Attractions in Adalar

Prinkipo Orphanage.

Adalar, Turkey

Prinkipo Orphanage

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

The crumbling remnants of the home where an exiled Trotsky lived from 1929 to 1933

Adalar, Turkey

Büyükada

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

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Tombili.

Istanbul, Turkey

Tombili

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

9 miles from Adalar

Barış Manço House and Museum

Istanbul, Turkey

Baris Manco House and Museum

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

9 miles from Adalar

The front of the mosque.

Istanbul, Turkey

Şakirin Mosque

A mosque with distinctive modern features.

11 miles from Adalar

Another view of the mosque, which looks over the Black Sea.

Istanbul, Turkey

Şemsi Pasha Mosque

An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.

11 miles from Adalar

Bird palace.

Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Bird Palaces

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

11 miles from Adalar

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