Guidebook for Istanbul
Food Scene
Best place to have Raki and Tapas with live traditional Turkish music
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Tarihi Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi
No:27 Kamer Hatun Cd.Best place to have Raki and Tapas with live traditional Turkish music
Pala Ocakbaşı Restaurant
No:17 Kamer Hatun Cd.Best place to have Raki and Meat, really nice staff
Ficcin
No:13/1 Kallavi Sk.a small restaurant which offers delicious turkish food
Zencefil
8 Kurabiye Sk.offers vegetarian food
Parsifal Restaurant
No: 34 Havyar Sokakoffers vegetarian food
Raki and Tapas in a lovely old passage of İstanbul
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Çiçek Pasajı Manolya Restaurant
Raki and Tapas in a lovely old passage of İstanbul
360 Istanbul
try it if you like fancy places! offers alcoholic beverages
Mama shelter is in İstanbul now, experience food in this lovely interior
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Demirören İstiklal Palas
50 İstiklal Cd.Mama shelter is in İstanbul now, experience food in this lovely interior
offers delicious fish with Raki, sit just near the Golden Horn and sip from your raki
59 paikallista suosittelee
Akın Balık
No:40/A Fermeneciler Cd.offers delicious fish with Raki, sit just near the Golden Horn and sip from your raki
Kardeşler Kebap Salonu
No:1/A Firuzağa Cami Sk.best place to eat ''lahmacun''
a place where you can rest a bit after walking through grand bazaar and egyptian bazaar
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Hafız Mustafa
No:84 Hamidiye Cd.a place where you can rest a bit after walking through grand bazaar and egyptian bazaar
lovely place with different kinds of tea and the perfect interior
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Dem Karaköy
lovely place with different kinds of tea and the perfect interior
Van Ahtamar Kahvaltı Salonu
26 Mis Sk.Special kind of breakfast from the city ''Van'' in the east of Turkey
Coffee, Tea and Sweet stuff, just what we all need. My grand mother also used to eat there and the interior is still the same!
32 paikallista suosittelee
Baylan
No: 9/A Muvakkıthane Cd.Coffee, Tea and Sweet stuff, just what we all need. My grand mother also used to eat there and the interior is still the same!
''Serpme kahvaltı''... This is the way Turkish people have breakfast. You won't regret it.
11 paikallista suosittelee
Rumeli Kale Cafe & Restaurant
No:10 Yahya Kemal Cd.''Serpme kahvaltı''... This is the way Turkish people have breakfast. You won't regret it.
Emek Cafe
57 Köybaşı Cd.Old place near the sea..
Hala Mantı
14/A Çukurlu Çeşme Sk.You have to try turkish mantı!
Galata lily Cafe restaurant
no:69/A Lüleci Hendek Cd.360 degrees view of golden horn
Drink a lemonade in this cool garden under the shadows of lemon trees
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Limonlu Bahçe
No:74 Yeni Çarşı Cd.Drink a lemonade in this cool garden under the shadows of lemon trees
the most famous place to eat ''baklava'', a turkish dessert.
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Karakoy Gulluoglu
No:67 Kemankeş Caddesithe most famous place to eat ''baklava'', a turkish dessert.
For eating delicious fish right on the bosphorous coast..
25 paikallista suosittelee
Arnavutköy Balıkçısı
4 Bebek Arnavutköy CdFor eating delicious fish right on the bosphorous coast..
Pandeli Restaurant
hundred years old restaurant offering Ottoman food
Havuzlu Restaurant
3 Gani Çelebi Sk.Old restaurant offering Ottoman food
Hamdi Restaurant Eminönü
No:11 Kalçin Sk.Eating kebap with a view of Golden Horn
Everything Else
Zoe is a really nice restaurant with a terrace letting you experience the view of the historical peninsula, you can continue with drinks afterwards in CUE, the club downstairs.
Zoe Restaurant & Bar
No38 Yeni Çarşı CaddesiZoe is a really nice restaurant with a terrace letting you experience the view of the historical peninsula, you can continue with drinks afterwards in CUE, the club downstairs.
Asmalı Cavit Meyhanesi
83 Meşrutiyet Cd.Turkish tavern
Bebek Parkı
Bebek ParkıA park near the sea with a lovely breeze.
Lovely place to rest, enjoy, swim, lay in the sun. sand and weavy water, live music on saturdays and sundays, food and drinks, disco.. and much more! entrance fee is 40 turkish lira
17 paikallista suosittelee
Suma Plajı
Lovely place to rest, enjoy, swim, lay in the sun. sand and weavy water, live music on saturdays and sundays, food and drinks, disco.. and much more! entrance fee is 40 turkish lira
another lovely place for swimming and having fun, house music included..
17 paikallista suosittelee
Solar Beach Therapy
32 kilya cadanother lovely place for swimming and having fun, house music included..
Pişi breakfast & Burger Beşiktaş
14 Çelebi Oğlu Sk.For delicious and cheap breakfast
museum for modern art with special exhibitions
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Sabancı-yliopiston Sakıp Sabancı -museo
42 Sakıp Sabancı Cd.museum for modern art with special exhibitions
SALT Galata, Istanbul
No:11 Bankalar Cd.museum for modern art
Arter
No:13 Irmak Cd.museum for modern art
Kumbaraci50
No:50 Kumbaracı Yokuşuif you like cutting edge theater, also has acts from abroad (mostly UK or US)
The most beautiful mosque of Architect Sinan and you can eat delicious ''kuru fasulye'' a dish made with beans right opposite the enterance.
Süleymaniye Mosque and Complex
The most beautiful mosque of Architect Sinan and you can eat delicious ''kuru fasulye'' a dish made with beans right opposite the enterance.
Corvus Wine & Bite
No:5 Şair Nedim Cd.If you like Wine and a romantic evening
really nice neighbourhood with small stores for jewellery and souvenirs. you have to try ''kumpir'' a dish made of potatoes and tapas.
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Büyük Mecidiye-moskeija (Ortaköy-moskeija)
No:1 Mecidiye Köprüsü Sk.really nice neighbourhood with small stores for jewellery and souvenirs. you have to try ''kumpir'' a dish made of potatoes and tapas.
Suda Kebap
you can have breakfast or dinner in the middle of bosphorous!
Shopping
a turkish deli with everything you can think of. you have to try the pastrami!
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Namlı Gurme
No:6 Rıhtım Cad.a turkish deli with everything you can think of. you have to try the pastrami!
Meshur Bebek Badem Ezmesi
No:53/C Cevdet Paşa Cd.If you like almonds you have to try almond paste (marzipan).
Sark Han
No: 17 Vasıf Çınar Cd.cheap souvenir shopping
Nişantaşı
shopping and gourmet cafes but it is an expensive area..
Arts & Culture
Istanbulin nykytaiteen museo
No:1/1 Meşrutiyet Cd.biggest museum for modern art
Drinks & Nightlife
Nardis Jazz Club
8 Galata Kulesi Sk.if you like live jazz..
Love Dance Point
No:349 Hastane SkGay bar
The Pera Residence
no:7 Şehbender SokakVida Pera for drinks and dancing
indigo
With special events, djs from abroad, dancing and alcohol
Leyla Terrace
Mis Sokakdancing to ethnic music