One day in Büyükçekmece, Türkiye

A day through Büyükçekmece’s best-known sights that lie close together: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III Mosque, Süleyman the Magnificent Fountain, Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge and Museum of World Costumes. 4 stops, about 1.5 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Süleyman the Magnificent FountainMonument · Next to Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III Mosque · On the map
  3. Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridgeBridge · 0.4 km on from Süleyman the Magnificent Fountain · On the map
  4. Museum of World CostumesMuseum · 1 km on from Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge · On the map

4 stops, about 1.5 km between them in straight lines.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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