When visiting Turkey and thinking on where to go, Istanbul is surely main on the list. Istanbul is the city that bridge Europe and Asia, making it a melting pot of two different cultures. Visiting Turkey would really be a rewarding trip for you because in Istanbul alone, there are numbers of great landmarks that you can visit. Following are five of the places that you can visit when in Istanbul:

Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Definitely one of the must-see museums yet so many visiting tourists overlooked. The museum is actually the largest museum in Turkey which chronicles the life of Istanbul and as well as the Byzantium’s emperors. They house the recovered artifacts date back to 6000 BC. The artifacts that exhibit the Ottoman period are on a separate building known as the Museum of the Ancient Orient.

Ayasofya. You will surely love this place, especially the dome of this masterpiece. There is nothing like the sensation you will experience as you see things inside just by the low filtered light that finds its way in.

Blue Mosque. This landmark is standing with pride and authority over the Sultanahmet Park. When you are under the mosque’s dome, you’ll find hundreds of stained-glass windows that sparkle like jewels. The blue of the mosque actually changes to yellow, orange, and red, depending on the time of day and is just a real beauty in itself.

Topkapi Palace. This landmark was once a home to someone. Beyond its grand ornamental gates is a history on its own. Six hundred years of Ottoman history—it was the refuge of a whole lot of people, all to serve just one man.

St. Savior in Chora. You can see how an empire devoted itself much in luxury through the finest preserved collections of Byzantine mosaics that is just about anywhere the whole place.