I did a walking tour in Istanbul. Our last stop was at the Grand Bazaar. I have been told that it…read moreis the largest market in the city. It's huge! You can easily get lost looking at a ton of merchandise. I bought M&M's cell phone cases. I also got Turkish tea. You can score pretty decent deals. If you need to bring back gifts, this place is for you. It does get busy. Pack patience with you! (106)

This place is a haggler's dream. I remember my visit so vividly. From the Turkish delight samples…read moreand gentleman pushing free apple tea to the comical haggling and beautiful scarves. This is *the* grand bazaar often credited fir today's modern mall concept. The energy is buzzing in every nook and cranny of the grand bazaar and you could easily lose yourself in the abundance of colorful stalls selling nearly everything under the sun- but most importantly, artistic Turkish treasures like rugs, lighting, scarves, etc. A few other notables that will mark this experience in your memory forevermore: -The beautiful call to prayer playing over the speakers throughout the hallways -the Grand Bazaar is located conveniently not too far from the spice bazaar (another great stop for treasures and smells) Don't be shy! Bartering is part of the experience and if you work at it, you're in for some deals and fun. (Note that bartering is part of the Turkish culture and almost like a sport in the Grand Bazaar).

It is a new and nicest shopping mall i ever been. Great high quality clothing shops and food places.read more

This bazar was not as big as the grand bazar but it was very fun with some cool businesses. I went…read morethere multiple times for shopping and I enjoyed the vibe of it. If you find any opportunities, visiting this place is recommended! :)

Much preferable to the Grand Bazaar, it's smaller with less aggressive sales people. Near the Blue…read moreMosque, and like a couple of other Yelpers, we found a nice shop to get scarves. You should still visit the Grand Bazaar and Spice-Egyptian Bazaars for the tourism, but for more enjoyable shopping come here. It's also near the mosaic museum which I'm not sure is worth your time but I mention this for orientation purposes. You can meet some nice cats here.

I was just notified that my photo was selected to represent this business and I wasn't sure where…read moreit was. After looking, I realized that this was a jewelry shop within the well known bazaar in Istanbul. There are many shops in the bazaar selling jewelry. Like they are everywhere. My friend Marsha knows her jewelry. Like really. Knows it. And has many unique and beautiful pieces. She can look in a window and in 10 seconds determine if there are good pieces, well made and unique designs. Well, she loved this place. And all of the photos that I posted were pieces she loved and purchased. Check them out when in the bazaar. And you'll likely purchase something if you have enough on your credit line.

I was looking froward to the Grand Bazaar and while I'm glad I was able to see it, I would…read morerecommend visiting the Spice Bazaar instead. First, to describe, the Grand Bazaar was overwhelmingly smokey. With the heat the smell was even more unpleasant on top of being extremely crowded and I was disappointed to learn from our guide that everything luxury branded is fake. Our visit was included in a tour we took and while I'm glad I was able to visit it, I much preferred the Spice Bazaar which was less busy and had better air quality. All in all, I wouldn't recommend taking a tour that includes the Grand Bazaar during the Summer but stopping in on your own time for a few minutes to take in the history of the space is definitely worth it.

It's definitely a lot to handle and experience. In essence it's a huge "flea market" that is…read moreperfect for souvenirs and such. The people can be alittle aggressive but you just gotta give them that same energy. It's doesn't need to be an all day thing but I recommend spending atleast 3-5 hours in there (thankfully it's huge so that's actually easy)

I bought some beautiful jewelry from them. Respectfully deciding on a price. They had it sized and…read morepolished before I walked out. The selection was amazing. Zultanite is such a beautiful stone and I love to wear it and talk about it.

There's lots of stationary stores [so many in fact that i can't understand why Yelp doesn't have a…read morecategory "stationers"] but in ikitelli this is the stationers to go to. they are as friendly, as helpful. as considerate as it gets. honest. always books on sale for kids. if you can get it in turkey, they'll get it for you. - i really wanted will james' 'smokey' and he really searched. no luck finding it but he searched. the big chains don't really care all that much. and of course in the old fashioned "stambouli" tradition, a cup of tea while you wait as they look. they treat everybody with the same deference, little kids, old folks, moms or dads. they don't measure you by your tailor. there are chain bookstores i go to that don't see past my worn jeans. this is one store in one local neighborhood so you aren;t going to drive over from kadıköy of course, but if you're near Atatürk Mahallesi or Arena Park, you'll do better off here than some multı-story commercial stationers. for example, there's a place down the road a bit, where i bought a very expensive fountain pan - the manager let me fumble around looking for files and covers. everybody was too busy to help. i saw the pen, a couple of hundred TL. cartridge. i use ink, but they only carried cartridges. to make a long story short, the manager annoyed, says to me to the effect "don't you know how to load a cartridge!" as he took the pen out of my hands and forced it in backwards. i got a fountain pen pump for that pen at a shop in Eminönü the next time i was there where i've bought pens for about 30 years, but that's a schlep from ikitelli. - we had a good laugh. - i gave up dressing up lifetimes ago. at Batı they literally treat you like their veli. ıt's not just a sign behind the counter.