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Pera Museum vs Kapali Carsi

Both are rated very highly by professionals. Overall, Grand Bazaar ranks significantly better than Pera Museum. Grand Bazaar ranks #5 in Istanbul with approval from 7 sources including Travel + Leisure, Time Out and Lonely Planet.

Pera Museum
Pera Museum
8 / 10
Mesrutiyet Cad. No.65, Tepebaşı, Istanbul 34443, Turkey
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Fodor's Fodor's
"A small private museum housed in a grand 1893 building (the former Bristol Hotel), the Pera showcases a diverse range of exhibits." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Head to this museum to admire works from Suna and İnan Kıraç's splendid collection of paintings featuring Turkish Orientalist themes." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Set in a lavish 19th-century mansion overlooking the Golden Horn, the privately funded museum stages exhibitions such as a show of Kutahya pottery and Orientalist portraits from the late Ottoman era." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"Located on five floors in the heart of Old Pera, the Pera Museum houses a small but solid collection of Kütahya ceramics." Full review
Let's Go Let's Go
"The museum’s best-known painting is Osman Hamdi Bey’s strangely funny The Tortoise Trainer, which the Pera bought for $3.5 million in 2004." Full review
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Kapali Carsi
Kapali Carsi
9 / 10
Grand Bazaar Istanbul Turkey
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Take a deep breath and plunge into this maze of 65 winding, covered streets crammed with 4,000 tiny shops, cafés, restaurants, mosques, and courtyards." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"The mother of all tourist traps, the Grand or Covered Bazaar is a vivid illustration of all that's gone wrong with the free market." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This labyrinthine and chaotic bazaar is the heart of the Old City and has been so for centuries. No visit to İstanbul would be complete without a stop here." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"This massive, dazzling, and cacophonous covered market is the ur-bazaar of the Orient; if you’ve envisioned what it will be like, prepare to have your expectations exceeded." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The Grand Bazaar is a joyful, feverish universe that can overwhelm and unsettle with its thousands of shops and workshops, caravanserais, warehouses, restaurants, fountains, banks and mosque." Full review
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