SOCIAL EVENT VENUES

Entertainment & Night Life

From the ubiquitous sounds of live, traditional Turkish music and dancing in restaurants throughout the city to cultural and artistic events, international festivals, and glitzy clubs and bars on the Bosporus, Istanbul is a city that knows how to entertain the seekers of all kind. There's so much to do, from theatres and exhibitions to museums, historic and architectural tours and cruises. If you're looking for any kind of an event whether with artistic purposes or for mere entertainment, you need no more plan than to take a walk down "Istiklal Caddesi " in " Taksim” ( city center), the throbbing heart of modern Istanbul, a street that is always vibrantly alive with music, shops, restaurants, bars, galleries, theatres and of course crowds. No matter whether you are looking for family entertainment, artistic events or just for a night out, Istanbul offers a wide range of choices from the water-front modern art museums to street bars where one can mix with the different local worlds of the city's inhabitants in the globally satisfactory atmosphere of endless places where the town's social life is produced.

Social Event Venue Alternatives

Istanbul, where an event planner's dreams come true

• Reception at the courtyard of the Topkapi Palace & private visit of the magnificent architectural work of the Hagia Sofia and the Basilica Cistern
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• Cruising the Bosporus by candlelight on a traditional Istanbul ferry boat
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• Yedikule Dungeons / Get together at the historical city walls of Istanbul
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• Archaeological Museum / A memorable night at Istanbul through the ages, housing over one million objects that date back as far as the 4^th century BC
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• A feast at one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, the Grand Bazaar
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• National night at the middle of the historical peninsula, the 1001 Columns Cistern
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• Black tie night at the imperial Dolmabahce Palace
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• Just between the Asia & Europe, Suada, an island in the middle of the Bosphorus
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• Gala at the historical palace built for an Ottoman princess, the Adile Sultan Palace
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• Gala in the center of the city on the shore of the Bosphorus, the historical waterside Esma Sultana Mansion
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