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Altunizade, Üsküdar — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Altunizade is a neighbourhood of Üsküdar on the Asian side of İstanbul, known for its Armenian churches and the Vakıfbank Spor Sarayı.
About Altunizade
Where to stay in Altunizade
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
The Vakıfbank Spor Sarayı is the fixed point most arrivals in Altunizade navigate by, and a bed near it puts the Chaos Class Museum and the Ekslibris Müzesi within the same neighbourhood. This is not a waterfront quarter. Event traffic drives it.
Staying inside Üsküdar keeps a visitor on the Asian side of İstanbul, which is the practical case for booking in Altunizade at all.
About Altunizade
What are the main landmarks in Altunizade?
Armenian church buildings give Altunizade much of its listed fabric. Surp Garabet Church and the Surp Haç Armenian Church stand within the neighbourhood, and the Surp Haç Ermeni Lisesi carries the same dedication into a school. Another church joins them.
Profiti İlya Kilisesi sits among them, while the Vakıfbank Spor Sarayı, the Chaos Class Museum and the Ekslibris Müzesi make up the newer, secular half of the list.
What is the history of Altunizade?
Altunizade's recorded past sits mostly in its churches. Surp Garabet Church, the Surp Haç Armenian Church and the Surp Haç Ermeni Lisesi are the church institutions filed under the neighbourhood, and Profiti İlya Kilisesi adds a fourth to that group. Its founding date was never written down.
Everything else on the list, from the Vakıfbank Spor Sarayı to the Chaos Class Museum and the Ekslibris Müzesi, entered the record later, under the same Üsküdar address on the Asian side of İstanbul.
Where is Altunizade?
Altunizade forms one neighbourhood within the municipality and district of Üsküdar, on the Asian side of İstanbul.
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Updated August 2026