Local before arrival
Kapalı Çarşı is the secret mother of all shopping centers—this indoor labyrinth, with its 64 alleys and approximately 4,000 stores, is over 500 years old. Don’t be put off by cheap imports; it’s well worth exploring the Grand Bazaar in search of true treasures that can be found nowhere else in the world. Visitors will find antiques as well as modern jewelry, carpets, fabrics, silver, gold, jewels. As the saying goes, “seek and ye shall find.” At Kapalı Çarşı, seeking is pure fun!
