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🎵 Concert
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What to do in Istanbul this weekend
7–8 November · both days planned, with times, prices and tickets
Researched live by an agent that reads what is actually on. Updated 2026-11-02.
Saturday
Saturday 7 November
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🎨 Art
Istanbul Modern — Manuel Çıtak: An Island of One's Own
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🍴 Food
Mürver Restaurant
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🌿 Outdoors
Galata Tower (viewpoint)
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📍 Süleymaniye Mosque — Sinan's masterpiece: calmer than the Blue Mosque, with a garden view over the Golden Horn.
📍 Traditional hammam — Marble slab, foam massage, and a scrub that removes a layer of you.
Sunday
Sunday 8 November
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🎵 Concert
Giorgos Kakosaios — concert (Istanbul debut)
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2
🎨 Art
Sakıp Sabancı Museum — Yoko Ono: Insound and Instructure
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3
🍴 Food
Tershane Restaurant
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4
🧺 Market
Spice Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı) — market
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📍 Hagia Sophia — Fifteen centuries of empires layered under one dome.
🧺 Grand Bazaar — Thousands of shops, dozens of streets, and tea brought to you while you haggle.
A day out of town this weekend
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Full day
🚌 Day trip
Princes' Islands day trip
A ferry to car-free islands of wooden mansions, bicycles and seafood by the water.
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