Guidebook for local style
Food Scene
Hayvore
Traditional Food ( Black Sea, Nort of Turkey)
Turkish traditional bar. You can eat delicious food. Highly recommended! You can need a booking for dinner. Don't forget to try for lunch.
160 locals recommend
Karaköy Lokantası
No:57 Kemankeş Cd.Turkish traditional bar. You can eat delicious food. Highly recommended! You can need a booking for dinner. Don't forget to try for lunch.
BOMONTIADA has cool ambiance and great drinks/foods.
Friendly staff, relaxing music. In the middle of the city an amazing place at Bomontiada, old beer factory.
They know how to let you say..."this was the first but not the last" One of the best place in town.
28 locals recommend
The Populist bomontiada
No: 1/D Birahane Sk.BOMONTIADA has cool ambiance and great drinks/foods.
Friendly staff, relaxing music. In the middle of the city an amazing place at Bomontiada, old beer factory.
They know how to let you say..."this was the first but not the last" One of the best place in town.
Hayri Usta Kebap
No:15 Çukurlu Çeşme Sk.Suat Usta Mersin Tantuni
No:1 Tel Sk.Sultanzade İşkembe Salonu
No:96 Eyüp Sultan Bulvarıone of the best traditional soups.
Varuna Gezgin Cafe - İstanbul
No:79 Kumbaracı Ykş.Drinks & Nightlife
Litera Restaurant / Lounge-Club
No:32/6 Yeni Çarşı Cd.This place is one of most beautiful rooftop in İstanbul. If you like panoramic views you should see! Mikla is a luxury restaurant and bar. You should go happy hours.
93 locals recommend
Mikla
15 Meşrutiyet Cd.This place is one of most beautiful rooftop in İstanbul. If you like panoramic views you should see! Mikla is a luxury restaurant and bar. You should go happy hours.
Arts & Culture
Pera Museum
65 Meşrutiyet Cd.Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
No:1/1 Meşrutiyet Cd.Museum of Innocence
2 Dalgıç Çk.Topkapi Palace
Arter
No:13 Irmak Cd.Dolmabahçe Clock Tower
38 A Meclis-i Mebusan Cd.Tophane-i Amire Kultur ve Sanat Merkezi
No:1 Meclis-i Mebusan Cd.Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center
Aside from designated cultural centers, this is one of the only places in Istanbul to watch the dervishes. On the first floor of the lodge is a semahane, which features gilded woodwork and a painted ceiling.
The Galata Mevlevi House Museum museum is open every day except Tuesday from 9:30am–5pm, and entry is 10TL. The sema dances are held every Sunday at 5pm during summer months, and every other week during winter months. Tickets for the ceremony cost 70 TL/person. You can purchase online the Sema Ceremony tickets from Biletix.
151 locals recommend
Galata Mevlevihanesi Müzesi
No:15 Galip Dede Cd.Aside from designated cultural centers, this is one of the only places in Istanbul to watch the dervishes. On the first floor of the lodge is a semahane, which features gilded woodwork and a painted ceiling.
The Galata Mevlevi House Museum museum is open every day except Tuesday from 9:30am–5pm, and entry is 10TL. The sema dances are held every Sunday at 5pm during summer months, and every other week during winter months. Tickets for the ceremony cost 70 TL/person. You can purchase online the Sema Ceremony tickets from Biletix.
Parks & Nature
Taksim Gezi Park
Tak-ı Zafer CaddesiSightseeing
Galata Kulesi
Galata KulesiBüyük Mecidiye Mosque (Ortaköy Mosque)
No:1 Mecidiye Köprüsü Sk.You can find all international famous brands. This is a very important place for fashion. Shopping street! (Guess, Prada, Dolce Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Hublot, Rolex, Beymen, Vakkorama, Zara, H§M... etc
9 locals recommend
Abdi İpekçi Street
Abdi İpekçi CaddesiYou can find all international famous brands. This is a very important place for fashion. Shopping street! (Guess, Prada, Dolce Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Hublot, Rolex, Beymen, Vakkorama, Zara, H§M... etc
You can find all international famous brands. This is a very important place for fashion. Shopping street! City's Shopping Mall and many international stores.
Teşvikiye Caddesi
Teşvikiye CaddesiYou can find all international famous brands. This is a very important place for fashion. Shopping street! City's Shopping Mall and many international stores.
Many people have a love/hate relationship with the ever-bustling (Istiklal Street or Istiklal Avenue – İstiklal Caddesi in Turkish) that runs from Taksim Square nearly all the way to the landmark Galata Tower. Although it is the beating heart of the city, the three million people that pass it every day, can make it rather challenging to traverse. Yet it serves as a microcosm of Istanbul itself and although chains and fast food joints are starting to edge out the more old fashioned shops, there’s still traces of old Istanbul here.
İstiklal Avenue
İstiklal Caddesi Many people have a love/hate relationship with the ever-bustling (Istiklal Street or Istiklal Avenue – İstiklal Caddesi in Turkish) that runs from Taksim Square nearly all the way to the landmark Galata Tower. Although it is the beating heart of the city, the three million people that pass it every day, can make it rather challenging to traverse. Yet it serves as a microcosm of Istanbul itself and although chains and fast food joints are starting to edge out the more old fashioned shops, there’s still traces of old Istanbul here.
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Taksim Square
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