İstanbul · Fatih · Turkey

İbrahim Paşa Sarayı

hidden gem

Ibrahim Pasha Palace (Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum)

MuseumHistoricgoogle verified

~30 min

easy

8/10

contemplative

A local would say...

The palace of a grand vizier strangled by his own sultan — now a world-class carpet museum

The 16th-century palace of Süleyman's powerful grand vizier Ibrahim Pasha — now the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum with the world's finest carpet collection. Murat Belge notes the irony: Ibrahim was eventually strangled on Süleyman's orders, but his palace endures overlooking the Hippodrome.