“Green Home” …
A town called “Pride” …
“Yellow Place” Sarıyer is almost as far up the European shore of the Bosphorus as most people can travel without a car. Although…
Old names: Pharmakeus, Therapeia These days it’s a rare foreign visitor who makes it as far up the Bosphorus as Tarabya which is a…
In between Yeniköy and Tarabya the tiny Bosphorus suburb of Kalender is sometimes said to have been named after a lost lodge of…
“New Village” Old Names: Neohorion, Nihori While not as obviously recognisable from a Bosphorus ferry as Arnavutköy Yeniköy is nonetheless one of the…
Beyond Emirgan the Bosphorus coast road sweeps round a wide and picturesque bay full of moored boats. If you’re an American living in…
“Dyer’s Village” Boyacıköy is a pinprick of a Bosphorus suburb between Baltılimanı and Emirgan.It acquired its name when Sultan Selim III resettled dyers…
“Axe Harbour” The Bosphorus suburb of Baltalimanı between Rumeli Hisarı and Boyacıköy is one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it places where you’re unlikely to get…
“The Nest” If ever there was a delightful place to live it must surely be Aşiyan (Closed Mondays. Admission free). Set on the hillside…