Sofa Cafe Restaurant

Sultanahmet


The food here is relatively cheap, the glasses of wine are generous, and the Efes is cold – all can be accompanied by some people-watching at the pavement tables out the front.


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2. Museum of Great Palace Mosaics

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3. Blue Mosque

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4. Tomb of Sultan Ahmet I

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5. Sultanahmet Archaeological Park

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7. Hippodrome

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8. Aya Sofya Tombs

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