About
Your Heya concierge, in your pocket.
HeyaGuide is a fast, beautiful, no-sign-in web guide built for guests of Heya Hotel in Taksim, Istanbul. It's the printed handout that updates itself, the concierge's WhatsApp, and the laminated map — all in one tab you can open the moment you sit down on the bed.
What it is
Fifty-plus landmarks, mosques, museums, palaces, markets, and viewpoints — each with up-to-date hours, admission, walking distance from Heya, transit directions, and a small set of real photographs. Everything renders on a single static site, served from Cloudflare's edge, optimised to load fast on hotel WiFi and slow 4G.
The map shows where everything is. Walk rings from Heya at 3 km and 5 km help you decide what's worth the walk. Transit overlay (T1 tram, M2 metro, F1 funicular, ferry terminals) makes the getting-there half of the problem easier too.
How to use it
- Save this URL to your home screen (or bookmark it).
- Open the map to see everything at once.
- Tap a marker for hours and a quick blurb.
- Tap "Read more" for the full page with admission and getting-there.
Photos & credits
Every photograph in HeyaGuide is credited to its original author and licensed for reuse. Most come from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY). Tap a place page to see credits for that specific landmark.
Full credit list (43 photos)
| Place | File | Author | Source | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arasta Bazaar | arasta-bazaar-hero.jpg | Wikimedia Commons | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Basilica Cistern | basilica-cistern-hero.jpg | Bernard Gagnon | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Beşiktaş Saturday Market | besiktas-market-hero.jpg | Wikimedia Commons | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Blue Mosque | blue-mosque-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Beylerbeyi Palace | beylerbeyi-palace-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Çamlıca TV Tower | camlica-tower-hero.jpg | Wikimedia Commons | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Chora Church (Kariye Mosque) | chora-church-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Dolmabahçe Palace | dolmabahce-palace-hero.jpg | © Berlin SW / Wikimedia Commons | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Eyüp Sultan Mosque | eyup-sultan-mosque-hero.jpg | Saffron Blaze | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Fatih Mosque | fatih-mosque-hero.jpg | Sailko | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
| Istanbul Flower Market | flower-market-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Galata Tower | galata-tower-hero.jpg | Florian Häfner | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Grand Bazaar | grand-bazaar-hero.jpg | Diego Delso | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Great Palace Mosaic Museum | great-palace-mosaic-museum-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Hagia Irene | hagia-irene-hero.jpg | J Patok | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Hagia Sophia | hagia-sophia-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Istanbul Archaeology Museums | istanbul-archaeology-museums-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Istanbul Modern | istanbul-modern-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Kadıköy Market | kadikoy-market-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Mahmutpaşa Market | mahmutpasha-market-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Maiden's Tower | maidens-tower-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı) | mihrimah-sultan-mosque-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Ortaköy Mosque | ortakoy-mosque-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Pera Museum | pera-museum-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Rumeli Hisarı | rumeli-hisari-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Pierre Loti Hill | pierre-loti-hill-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Rahmi M. Koç Industrial Museum | rahmi-koc-museum-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Rüstem Pasha Mosque | rustem-pasha-mosque-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Sahaflar Çarşısı (Book Bazaar) | sahaflar-bazaar-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Sakıp Sabancı Museum | sakip-sabanci-museum-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Şerefiye Cistern | serefiye-cistern-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Şehzade Mosque | sehzade-mosque-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| St. Anthony of Padua Church | st-antoine-church-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Spice Bazaar | spice-bazaar-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Süleymaniye Mosque | suleymaniye-mosque-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Süleymaniye Terrace | suleymaniye-terrace-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Theodosian Walls | theodosian-walls-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Topkapı Palace | topkapi-palace-hero.jpg | Diliff | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Museum of Turkish & Islamic Arts | turkish-islamic-arts-museum-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Yıldız Palace | yildiz-palace-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Yeni Cami (New Mosque) | yeni-cami-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Valens Aqueduct | valens-aqueduct-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
| Zeyrek Mosque (Pantocrator) | zeyrek-mosque-hero.jpg | Picsum | Picsum Photos | CC0 (Public Domain) |
Heya Hotel
Kocatepe Mah., Dolapdere Taksim Cd. No:45, Beyoğlu, Istanbul 34437.
A 3-star boutique hotel in the heart of Taksim, 250 m from Taksim Square and
a 10-minute walk to İstiklal Avenue. Free halal breakfast buffet (07:30–10:30),
24-hour front desk, free 500+ Mbps WiFi, airport shuttle on request.