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Strolling along the waterfront of the Marmara Sea, it is impossible to skip past the gaze beautiful green park with exotic plants and flowers This . . Yildiz Park Once this park, densely overgrown laurel trees, served as a resting place Turkish sultans and later they started to build palaces and villas, and now it is a single palace and park complex, a favorite with tourists and locals . to the park complex Yildiz Park include several palaces and pavilions, ceramic factory, a mosque and the park itself . FROM The name of the park was given on behalf of the villa built by Sultan Selim the Third for his mother . The word Yıldız in Turkish means "star", and indeed the luxurious palace Yildiz, the main pride of the park, shines like a star . In his guise embodied several styles at once - from European classicism to oriental baroque, and today the result of this successful synthesis continues to please the eye .

The most luxurious of the palace rooms is the ceremonial hall: its ceiling is decorated with a scattering of gold stars, and the floor is covered with a silk carpet of handwork.

Description of the palace

Yildiz Palace is separated from the main part of the park by a high fence, it has its own blooming park with a beautiful pond . The interior space is organized from three parts that appeared in different years .The first part was built in 1880 ., later it was added to the living quarters and halls, then in 1898 .the construction of the third part of the palace was completed . It amazes the imagination with the magnificence of its halls, in which every detail of the interior attests to the wealth and power of the Ottoman rulers . The most luxurious of the palace premises is the ceremonial hall: its ceiling is decorated with a scattering of gold stars, and the floor covered with a silk carpet of hand-made work . Beautiful and pearl salon, its pride - smart doors encrusted with nacre .

The Yildiz palace differs from the rest of the Sultan's residences in Istanbul: it does not separate into the female and male halves

At various times the palace was used as an elite gambling house, later its halls were given for congresses and business meetings at a high level, then Delegations of important foreign guests received delegations here. Since 1994 the Yildiz Palace has been functioning as a public museum

Yildiz Palace

Practical Information

Address: Besiktas / Istanbul, Barbaros Bulvari, Serencebey Yokusu, No. 62.

Phone: +90 (212) 258-30-80.

E-mail: yildizsarayimuzesi@kultur.gov.tr.

Working hours: Monday - Sunday: 9:00 - 19:00 (from April 15 to November 1, the rest of the time the palace closes at 16:30), Tuesday: closed.

Entrance: 10 TRL, for children under 12 years, ICOMOS and UNESCO card holders and visitors with disabilities are free.

You can get to the palace from Taksim Square by buses DT1, No. 40, No. 40Т and No. 42 to the stop "Yahya-Efendi". If you depart from Sultanahmet Square, take advantage of the high-speed tram, take bus No. 22 or No. 30D to Kabatas, then you will find a short walk on foot, and then you will get acquainted with the palace. If you decide to take a taxi to the palace, please note that the entrance to the park itself is paid.

After a tour of the palace, you can walk around the park and visit other museums of the park complex.


All prices are for November 2014