Zeytinburnu works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bahçelievler, 5km from Balat & Fener.
Zeytinburnu is in Istanbul, Turkey, with about 290,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bahçelievler, about 4 km away.
Zeytinburnu (literally, Olive Cape) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 12 km2, and its population is 292,616 (2022). It is a working-class area on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the shore of the Marmara Sea just outside the walls of the ancient city, beyond the fortressRead more of Yedikule.
Within an hour or so of Zeytinburnu: Balat & Fener (5 km), Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) (6 km), Grand Bazaar, Istanbul (6 km), Galata Tower (7 km).
Where is Zeytinburnu?
Zeytinburnu is in Istanbul, Turkey, about 4 km from Bahçelievler.
Road trip
Drive to Zeytinburnu
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque)
An iconic 17th-century Ottoman mosque famous for its six minarets and interior adorned with over 20,000 handmade İznik blue tiles.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Galata Tower
Medieval stone tower rising above Istanbul's Galata quarter, offering 360-degree panoramic views of the city and Bosphorus.
7 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Topkapi Palace Museum
The lavish Ottoman sultans' residence for 400 years, housing imperial treasures, holy relics, and the famous Harem.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Hagia Sophia
An awe-inspiring 6th-century architectural masterpiece that served as a church and mosque, with a massive dome that revolutionized world architecture.
7 km · about 10 min drive
cafe
Pierre Loti Kahvesi
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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
restaurant
Çiya Sofrası
Musa Dağdeviren's Kadıköy restaurant serves regional Turkish dishes recovered from villages across Anatolia, many found nowhere else in Istanbul. The menu changes daily with what is in season.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Zeytinburnu
Right here15 July Martyrs BridgeThe first suspension bridge across the Bosphorus, opened in 1973, linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul.
Right hereBosphorus StraitThe legendary waterway dividing Europe and Asia, lined with Ottoman palaces, mosques, and wooden mansions best seen from a scenic ferry cruise.
58 kmOsman Gazi BridgeSoaring 1,550 m-span suspension bridge across the Gulf of İzmit, one of the longest in the world, slashing the Istanbul–İzmir drive on the O-5 motorway.