Princes' Islands
An archipelago of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara, a ferry ride from the city and by far its least populous district. Cars are largely absent, so people get about on foot, by bicycle and by electric cart among old wooden mansions.
- Where
- Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.8753, 29.0944
Get the Princes' Islands stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Princes' Islands. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Istanbul volume with your photos and a note.
Near Princes' Islands
Little Hagia Sophia 18 km
Built in the 520s or 530s as the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, it was converted into a mosque under the Ottomans. Its compact domed hall sits in a quiet corner of the old city, downhill from Sultanahmet.
Blue Mosque 18 km
Built between 1609 and 1617 for Sultan Ahmed I, it faces Hagia Sophia across the old Hippodrome. Its popular name comes from the blue İznik tiles lining the interior, and it rises in cascading domes to six minarets.
Hagia Sophia 18 km
Completed in AD 537 for the Eastern Roman Empire, its great pendentive dome made it the largest interior space in the world. It was the cathedral of Constantinople until 1453, then a mosque with added minarets, a museum from 1935, and a mosque again since 2020.
Hippodrome of Constantinople 18 km
The chariot-racing circus that was the sporting and social centre of Byzantine Constantinople, now an open square beside the Blue Mosque. Along its old line stand an Egyptian obelisk and the bronze Serpent Column.
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum 18 km
Housed since 1983 in the 1524 palace of Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent, on the edge of Sultanahmet Square. The collection is strong in calligraphy, tiles and rugs, with recreated rooms showing how nomad families lived.
Hagia Irene 18 km
The oldest known church building in Istanbul, standing in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace. It was never turned into a mosque because the Ottomans used it as an arsenal, and it now serves as a museum and concert hall.
Basilica Cistern 18 km
The largest of the hundreds of ancient cisterns beneath Istanbul, built in the 6th century under Emperor Justinian I a short walk from Hagia Sophia. Walkways run between rows of columns above shallow water, and two carved Medusa heads sit at the base of columns in one corner.
Grand Çamlıca Mosque 18 km
Opened in 2019 on Çamlıca Hill in Üsküdar, with room for up to 63,000 worshippers, it is the largest mosque in Turkey. Its domes and minarets are visible from much of the city, and the complex also holds an art gallery and a library.
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Questions
Where is Princes' Islands?
Princes' Islands is in Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Little Hagia Sophia (18 km), Blue Mosque (18 km), Hagia Sophia (18 km).
How do I get the Princes' Islands stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Princes' Islands and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Istanbul volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Princes' Islands before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Istanbul volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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