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Miniatürk is a miniature park situated at the north-eastern shore of Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. It was opened May 2, 2003. Miniatürk covers a total area of 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft). It is one of the world’s largest miniature parks with its 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) model area. Miniatürk has 40,000 m2 (430,000 sq ft) of open space, 3,500 m2 (38,000 sq ft) of covered area, 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) of pools and waterways, and a parking lot with a capacity of 500 vehicles.
The park contains 122 models done in 1/25th scale. 58 of the structures are from Istanbul, 52 are from Anatolia, and 12 are from the Ottoman territories that today lie outside of Turkey. Also featured are historic structures like the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum). Additional space is reserved for potential future models.
“Miniaturk Contains 122 Models Done in 1/25th Scale.”
Miniatürk, the miniature Turkey museum is one of the best things to to in Istanbul especially for the kids and families. The Miniaturk Museum hosts the miniature forms of the greatest monuments of Turkey. Located at the Golden Horn region of Istanbul, a visit to the Miniaturk Museum is a must.
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Istanbul Travel Guide
- Bosphorus, Istanbul
- Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora
- Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul
- Etz Ahayim Synagogue
- Galata Tower, Istanbul
- Golden Horn
- Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
- Hippodrome, Istanbul
- Istanbul Archaeology Museum
- Istanbul Jewish Cemetery
- Neve Shalom Synagogue, Istanbul
- Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
- Suleymaniye Mosque Istanbul
- Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
- Underground Cistern, Istanbul
- Zulfaris Synagogue
- Beylerbeyi Palace
- Rumelihisari (Fortress)
- Camlica Hill
- Bosphorus Bridge
- Istanbul Mosaic Museum
- Church of the Holy Apostles
- Eyup Mosque and Mausoleum
- Beyazit Camii
- Fatih Camii
- Fethiye Camii “Pammakaristos Church”
- Hagia Eirene
- Orthodox Patriarchate and Cathedral
- Sts Sergius and Bacchus
- Yeni Camii
- Zeyrek Camii “Church of the Pantocrator”
- Prince’s Islands
- Mosque of Rustem Pasha
- Galata Bridge
- Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
- Miniatürk
- Istanbul Modern Museum
- Galata Mevlevihanesi
- Pierre Loti
- Istanbul, Turkish Baths
- Walk through Istiklal Street
- Tunnel
- Military Museum
- Port of Istanbul
- City Walls of Istanbul
- Maiden’s Tower
- Harem
- Tofre Begadim Synagogue
- Yıldız Park
- Bulgarian St. Stephen Church
- Ahrida (Ohrid) Synagogue, Istanbul
- Ashkenazi Synagogue, Istanbul
- Balat, Istanbul
- Blue Mosque, Istanbul
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This park cracks me up! Featuring models of any & every important site ever in modern Turkey and throughout Turkish history, even including the Ephesus, Topkapi Palace… this is a great attraction for first-timers and children. It is also located along water and gives a nice view of some residential areas of the city.
Miniaturk is a display of miniature buildings and sites of turkey. Its a nice place to visit but the best time is during the evening.
Excellent specially if you like architecture, urban and history you can see all of value building in turkey in a pretty park.
It's a huge open air maquette including all the historical places in turkey like meusems, mosques, old housing…
When you pay for ticket, tell them what your language is to give you the correct audio gide which will be very useful as you will not find any help inside as most of turkish people speak only turkish.
Miniaturk is a huge open air museum located at the northeastern shore of the golden horn in Istanbul. It contains models of Turkish and Ottoman heritage, such as Sultanahmet mosque, Rumeli hisari, galata tower, chimneys of capadocia, Mardin stone houses, models of ottoman war ships and many more..all separated by beautiful landscaping.
It's good to see all miniatures together from all over Turkey and Ottoman art works around Turkey. Mosques, castles,bridges, city walls, cisterns, fortresses are worth to see. Crystal museum is nice too. Since it's open air attraction, a hat would be good idea in summer.
It is well organized, very interesting for family.
It has all the historical and modern sites of Turkey with small sizes
This is the place I wish someone had told me to go before I did anything else. Here you can see the miniature of basically all the major historical attractions and places of interest in Turkey. That way you can choose which ones you fancy the most and actually start planning your whole trip from here.
This place is so informative, you can get information from each mini tourist site by your chosen language. It's better to visit miniaturk prior to explore all the historical sites in Istanbul or other cities.
Its a brilliant way to know all Turkey's attraction in a short time. My kids really had a good time. The audio explanation available at every miniature was excellent. The kids also love the train that goes around the park.