Native Name: Kapalı çarşı (Covered Bazaar)
Grand Bazaar is located covering large area between Nuruosmaniye and Beyazit Mosque. The Grand Bazaar which is known also as (Covered Bazaar) is Turkey's largest covered-market and one of the largest world covered-markets as well. It is also one of the oldest markets as it was originally built of wood after the conquest of Istanbul around the area of Old Bedesten (Old Bazaar) today. It got larger and bigger as the time went on, and as new sections and shops opened.
Today the bazaar extends to about 58 streets, the whole area of the Bazaar is approximately 31,000 square meters and it has about 4000 shops. There are about 250,000 to 400,000 visitors daily to the Grand Bazaar. It might be confusing somehow for its first-time visitor, howev...
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