Istanbul, Turkey · Asia
Selimpaşa sits on the route: 10 minutes from Celâliye, 49km from Balat & Fener.
Selimpaşa is in Istanbul, Turkey, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Celâliye, about 4 km away.
Selimpaşa, known in Byzantine times as Epibates (sometimes as Epivates or Epibatos; Greek: Επιβάτες), is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silivri, Istanbul Province, in the European part of Turkey. Its population is 23,378 (2022). It was an independent municipality until it was merged into theRead more
municipality of Silivri in 2008.
The town is located on the northwestern coast of the Marmara Sea, 50 km (31 mi) west of Istanbul and 13 km (8.1 mi) east from Silivri on the highway D.100.
The town is the native place of the 10th-century Orthodox saint St Paraskevi and was populated mostly by Greeks until the population exchange in the 1920s. Most of these Greeks then founded the town of Neoi Epivates near Thessaloniki.
Selimpaşa today is a summer resort with long sandy beaches.
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Within an hour or so of Selimpaşa: Pierre Loti Kahvesi (47 km), Balat & Fener (49 km), Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) (51 km), Grand Bazaar, Istanbul (51 km).
Selimpaşa is in Istanbul, Turkey, about 4 km from Celâliye.
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A hilltop coffeehouse above Eyüp cemetery with the best view down the Golden Horn, named for the French novelist who drank here in the 1870s while writing Aziyadé. A cable car climbs to it from the waterfront.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Steep cobbled lanes of tall narrow houses painted in blocks of colour on the Golden Horn, the old Jewish and Greek Orthodox quarters of Istanbul. The red-brick Phanar Greek College looms over the rooftops.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
An iconic 17th-century Ottoman mosque famous for its six minarets and interior adorned with over 20,000 handmade İznik blue tiles.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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One of the world's oldest and largest covered markets with over 4,000 shops spread across 61 streets, a sensory overload of commerce since 1461.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Medieval stone tower rising above Istanbul's Galata quarter, offering 360-degree panoramic views of the city and Bosphorus.
51 km · about 60 min drive
museum
The lavish Ottoman sultans' residence for 400 years, housing imperial treasures, holy relics, and the famous Harem.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
An awe-inspiring 6th-century architectural masterpiece that served as a church and mosque, with a massive dome that revolutionized world architecture.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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First bridge to span the Bosphorus strait connecting Europe and Asia, an illuminated icon of the Istanbul skyline.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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