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Your free travel Passport · Istanbul

Istanbul.
A visit worth keeping.

Explore seven Istanbul Landmarks, collect free badges by verifying your visits, and choose optional photographic Experiences. Seven landmarks on Istanbul's European side, from Sultanahmet to Galata and Ortakoy. Island and distant Bosphorus views do not substitute for individual arrivals.

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Istanbul Passport

Visit to collect. Keep for good.7 real badges · Free to collect and share
Illustrative artwork of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Illustrative catalog artwork. Memories are generated after a verified visit; venue admission is separate.

7 places. 7 badges to collect.

Bring Istanbul into your Passport.

Visit a Landmark and verify your arrival in Unlocked to earn its illustrated badge. Keep it in your Passport with your visit date, and share your collection whenever you like. All free, with no subscription.

Illustrative catalog artwork. Memories are generated after a verified visit; app unlocks do not include venue admission.

Walking tracks

See Istanbul on foot.

Curated walking routes over supported Landmarks — with real distances, timings, and a badge to collect at every stop.

Constantinople to Istanbul on Foot5 stops · 3.6 km · about 3 h 20 min

How arrival unlocks

A real visit. A badge to keep.

  1. 01

    Go to the Landmark.

    Open Unlocked when you are at one of the seven supported places.

  2. 02

    Choose Unlock.

    A current location sample verifies that you are inside the Landmark’s supported area.

  3. 03

    Keep your badge.

    Your badge and visit date join your free Passport permanently. Optional photo Memories can wait until after the trip.

Curated, not prompted

Choose a photographic direction.

See how the light, setting, and composition change. Choose an Experience after your Landmark visit is verified.

Illustrative Experience previews. Your private Memory is generated after a verified visit.

Private by design

Your photos stay product data—not a public feed.

Reference photos and generated Memories are stored privately. Unlocked does not publish a public gallery, sell reference photos, or use them in marketing without separate explicit permission.

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Before you go

How Unlocked works in Istanbul.

Where can I use Unlocked in Istanbul?

Seven landmarks on Istanbul's European side, from Sultanahmet to Galata and Ortakoy. Island and distant Bosphorus views do not substitute for individual arrivals. The seven Landmarks are Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, Galata Tower, Dolmabahce Clock Tower, Ortakoy Mosque, Suleymaniye Mosque. Each needs its own nearby location check.

When does Unlocked check my location?

A current location sample is checked when you choose Unlock at a supported Landmark. Continuous background tracking is not required.

Can I create the Memory after I leave?

Yes. A server-verified Landmark unlock is permanent. You can return to its Experiences later; venue admission and photography permissions are separate.

What does the welcome credit do?

Your first GPS-verified Landmark unlock grants one welcome credit for your first Memory. Collecting and sharing badges does not use credits.

Read before arrival

Useful field notes.

How presence-based travel apps use locationPrivacy and travel photosWhy travel Memories start with being there

Your visit can unlock more

Start with one real place in Istanbul.

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