Top 5 Activities for Kids in Istanbul
Istanbul have got a lot of options and activities for kids.
Istanbul is packed with adventures for kids. If they're driving you crazy and bouncing on the furniture, channel all that youthful energy into an action packed activity.
Your children doesnt forget this Istanbul trip and these special address in Istanbul.
Enjoy with our suggestions.
The world's largest miniature park waits you and your children on Miniaturk.
The park contains 105 models done in 1/25th scale. 45 of the structures are from Istanbul, 45 are from Anatolia, and 15 are from the Ottoman territories that today lie outside of Turkey. Additional space was reserved for potential future models. The infrastructure was built taking into consideration the needs of potential additions. Therefore, Miniaturk will continue growing, modeling, in a sense, planned urbanization.
Miniaturk covers a total area of 60,000 square meters. Its model area is 15,000 sqm, making Miniaturk the world's largest miniature park in respect to its model area. Miniaturk also boasts 40,000 sqm of open space, 3,500 sqm of covered area, 2,000 sqm of pools and waterways, and a parking lot with a capacity of 500 vehicles.
Turkish poet and author Sunay Akın has opened the first and the only private toy museum of Turkey. Sunay Akın visited a similar museum in Germany and vowed to open one in Istanbul.
His family house turns a museum and it is very beautiful Turkish traditional arcitecture. And this house live more than 2000 toys now.
It is located in the Anatolian side of the city and this museum has got cofes, a gift shop and a meeting room.
Boat Trip on Bosphorus
You will enjoy with your family to see excellent Bosphorus.
Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait is a channel of water 31 km long (appr.20 miles), connecting the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea. As the traffic of the city is often too great, it is always advisable to use the sea for transportation where possible, having long served just such a purpose throughout history. In the past, inhabitants of the city settled along the Bosphorus, where they built magnificent wooden houses, known as 'yali'.
Many Bosphorus cruises and tours of the strait begin in Eminonu, there being two ways of doing it. The first option is to get on the public passenger ferry of the municipality, which departs from the main quay and has two departures during the day all year round or three during the summer. The public passenger boat serves those who live on the Bosphorus shore and so it stops 6 times on the way for people to get on or off, taking you as far as Anadolu Kavagi at the gate of the Black Sea, about a one and a half hour journey each-way. Although the most economical way of visiting the waterway, there is no guarantee that you will find a seat or good viewing position in these crowded boats. For this reason, the second option of hiring a private boat is a better alternative if you wish to relax and enjoy the scenery more, particularly if you are part of a small group.
Visit Istanbul on 23 th April
Official discourse in Turkey argues that Children's Day had its origin in Turkey. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey was established on 1920, April 23. Then, Atatürk presented that special day to children as Children's Day. The day is celebrated annually in Turkey.
In Turkish, it is "23 nisan ulusal egemenlik ve çocuk bayramı" which means "april 23 national sovereignty and children's day".
Every year, the children in Turkey celebrate this "Sovereignty and Children's Day" as a national holiday. Schools participate in week-long ceremonies marked by performances in all fields in large stadiums watched by the entire nation. Among the activities on this day, the children send their representatives to replace state officials and high ranking bureaucrats in their offices. The President, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Ministers, provincial governors all turn over their positions to children's representatives. These children, in turn, sign executive orders relating to educational and environmental policies. On this day, the children also replace the parliamentarians in the Grand National Assembly and hold a special session to discuss matters concerning children's issues.
It's the first and newest entertainment place in Istanbul. Turkuazoo is the biggest aquariun in Istanbul.
You will find different seas fish, jaws and the other on this fantastic aquarium.
Feel this different energy on this tour.