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Food markets and marketplaces in Istanbul

Istanbul has long been a city of bazaars, and several of the places below are covered markets or street-side shops where food is bought and sold by the stall. The entries here range from a historic spice market with set opening hours to small food shops known only by name, so the details given for each vary.

The city's markets are spread across the old peninsula and the northern districts. Where a shop or market has a postcode, it is listed with its street, so you can place it on a map before you go. Opening hours are given where they have been checked, and some entries have none.

Mısır Çarşısı

Mısır Çarşısı, also known as the Spice Bazaar, is at postcode 34116. It is open Monday to Saturday from 08:00 to 19:00 and on Sunday from 09:30 to 19:00. The market has a website at misircarsisi.net and a phone number, +90 212 513 6597. It is step-free and wheelchair accessible.

Horhor

Horhor is on Kırma Tulumba Sokak, at number 13. No opening hours or other details have been confirmed for it.

Kastamono

Kastamono is on Toprak Tabya street and is open on Sundays.

İnistanbul Çarşı

İnistanbul Çarşı is on the street of the same name, postcode 34010.

Köşem Gıda

Köşem Gıda is on Mevlanakapı Caddesi, a food shop on the street named in its address.

Laser technologie

Laser technologie has limited wheelchair access. Nothing else has been confirmed about it.

Kadınlar Pazarı

Kadınlar Pazarı is open Monday and Tuesday from 09:00 to 22:00, Wednesday to Saturday from 08:00 to 22:00, and on Sunday from 08:00 to 23:00, which makes it one of the longest-opening markets on this list.

Galata Şarküteri

Galata Şarküteri is a delicatessen-style food shop, known by name only in the details available here.

Practical notes

Check the opening days before you travel, as Mısır Çarşısı and Kadınlar Pazarı keep different hours and Sunday trading differs between them. Mısır Çarşısı is the only entry with a confirmed wheelchair-accessible entrance, and Laser technologie has limited access. Phone ahead to any stall without listed hours.

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