Experts' Choice Award Rustem Pasha Mosque
7 expert reviews
“Famous for its Iznik ceramics, the traditional blue tones of which are enriched here with red and turquoise.”
– Michelin Guide
Lonely Planet "Nestled in the middle of the busy Tahtakale shopping district, this diminutive mosque is a gem." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Visitors often overlook this spectacular but small mosque next to the Spice Market. Don't be among them. The inside walls are dramatically sheathed in colorful 16th-century tiles." Full review
Afar Magazine "a few hundred yards to the west of the Spice Bazaar, the Rüstem Pasha Mosque is a gem by Sinan that deserves a detour. " Full review
Fodor's "Tucked away in the backstreets just west of the Spice Bazaar, this Sinan masterpiece was built in the early 1560s for Rüstem Pasha, a grand vizier and son-in-law of Süleyman the Magnificent." Full review
Lonely Planet "Nestled in the middle of the busy Tahtakale shopping district, this diminutive mosque is a gem" Full review
Independent "This “miniature Blue Mosque” boasts the same profusion of Iznik tiles in patterns of cobalt and aquamarine, yet with a fraction of the crowds."
City guides
June 3, 2022
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