Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

Eat your way through history.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

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

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

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

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.