The above the Yıldız Park located former hunting lodge is a special jewel among the large number of former royal palaces and summer residences in Istanbul. It was in front of the baroque phase at the beginning of the 19th Century. as a single, long-stretched construction and built houses two museums and an institute for Islamic studies. Abdülhamit Sultan, one of the last Ottoman rulers, withdrew gladly return to his true passion, the carpenter, as soon as possible. He had a workshop set up, among other things, you can visit the museum.
In the second museum, the city museum, is an extensive porcelain collection, which exhibits largely from within the Yıldız Park located Porcelain Manufactory come, which incidentally also be visited. Unfortunately, the passage from the park to the castle blocked, so it is not from the Bosporus, but on the Barbaros Bulvari reached. Wednesday-Sunday from 10-16 clock opened, the entrance will cost approximately 1.25 euros.