In the museum, students can make their own kites in the Kite School and enjoy the first-ever kite library of the world, the Gülen Okumuş Kite Library.
- Chocolate Museum
Chocolate Museum in Esenyurt comes first in the to-do list of chocolate-craving kids for this semester.
The art-inspired museum exhibits Turkish-Islamic artworks, world art masterpieces, legendary characters, and chocolate waterfalls.
In the main hall, you will see a real-size chocolate house, Noah's Ark, and paintings that tell about the history of chocolate.
In the Istanbul Hall, you will see chocolate versions of Galata Tower, Blue Mosque and the Maiden Tower, July 15 Martyrs' Bridge and many other Istanbul landmarks.
In the Civilizations Hall, you will enjoy the Hittite, Ancient Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman ears and others that symbolizes the rich heritage of these civilizations in a pleasant chocolate journey to the past.
In the Artists Hall, chocolate statues and paintings of Pablo Picasso and other world-renowned artists such as Osman Hamdi Bey's "The Tortoise Trainer" are exhibited.
In the Great Turks Hall, chocolate statues of the most important historical figures such as Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Ataturk, and Osman Ghazi are displayed.
- The Museum For The History of Science and Technology in Islam
The Museum, located in the Gulhane Park over a 3,500-square-meter along the old palace wall and on former royal stables of the Ottoman sultan, uniquely offers visitors to see the evolution of the different scientific branches in the Islamic civilization.
The presentation of objects from astronomy, geography, maritime, time measurement, geometry, optics, medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, physics, technics, architecture, and military, shows how significant discoveries were made and were transmitted in different ways to Europe, where they were adopted, assimilated, and altered.
It is also the first museum in its field in Turkey with a total of 570 tools, device replicas, model collection.
- Madame Tussauds
Millions of people have flocked Madame Tussauds wax museums around the world and the Istanbul branch remains just as popular with more than 60 wax statues of contemporary and historical celebrities.
The museum exhibits a vast range of wax statues from Ataturk, Sinan The Architect (Mimar Sinan), and Mehmet The Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) in the historical figures section; Zeki Muren, Madonna, Beyonce, Mazhar-Fuat-Ozkan and Baris Manco in the music section; Mona Lisa, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci in the science and culture, and Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal and many others in the sport section.
- Holiday for nature and wildlife lovers
Another exhilarating semester holiday spot for the kids is to connect with nature and wildlife.
The biggest thematic aquarium of the world, Istanbul Akvaryum, where a wide array of fish can be seen, visitors will travel on a route covering 17 thematic areas from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean and the Amazon Rainforest. Children will have the chance to see red-bellied piranhas, lemon sharks, Russian sturgeons, groupers, clown fish and Gentoo penguins among many others.
Darica Zoo, the first private zoo in Turkey, offers visitors a chance to see a great variety of animals from monkeys, bears and grey bears to different bird species and reptiles.
Snowpark, located inside a shopping mall, excites visitors who wish to ski, snowboard and slide snowtubes. Don't worry if you are a beginner. You can always take lessons from professional instructors on site.
