Miniaturk Museum and Garden in Istanbul
To become a giant with your normal steps, you move between the most important historical monuments in the world, and with one step you go from Istanbul to Jerusalem
It is not a fantasy, but a reality in the miniature world of Minia Türk
The Miniaturk Museum is located in the Eyup district near the Golden Horn in Istanbul and attracts tens of thousands of visitors annually and opens its doors during official working days in the country and the entrance fee to it is symbolic and with it you will be able to see the whole world
The Miniaturk Museum was opened in 2003, on a large area of 6000 square meters, and includes miniature models of the most important urban and tourist attractions in Turkey, as it is considered one of the most important and largest mini-museums in the world.
What can you find at the Miniaturk Museum and Garden in Istanbul?
The majority of the models in it are made of plastic and wood in a very professional manner and with a different scale of miniaturization that varies according to the original size of the tourist attraction on which the model was made.
The museum contains 122 miniature models of famous landmarks in many Turkish cities, in addition to landmarks from other countries.
You can see the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Palestine along with the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Fatih Mosque, Sulaymaniyah Mosque, Hagia Sophia Museum, Rumeli Hisari Castle, Dolmabahce Palace, Bosphorus Bridge and others
In addition to beautiful landmarks spread in a number of Turkish cities, such as the Pamuk Castle waterfalls in the city of the same name, the historical city of “Aspendos” in Antalya, the landmark of the chimneys of the gin in Nevsehir, the mausoleum of Ataturk (founder of the Turkish Republic) in the capital, Ankara, and the Bursa Mosque. The Grand Mosque in Bursa, the Mausoleum of Jalal al-Din Rumi in Konya, the Clock Tower in Izmir, the Mardin Stone Houses in Mardin, and the Malabadi Bridge famous for its arches in Diyarbakir.
The information of each model can be known through an audio explanation that works by swiping a card that you get when purchasing an entrance ticket to the museum.
This audio explanation is available in a number of languages, including Arabic, English and German, in addition to Turkish.
There is also a map that enables visitors to view all the models through a specific path that facilitates the process of viewing all the models one by one,
There are also many restaurants and gardens in the museum, in addition to a shop for souvenirs related to the place that can be purchased as a souvenir from the museum
