“Palace with Iwans” Festival: 2 July (St Mary’s) Ayvansaray is the monument-rich and historically interesting corner where the old Sea Walls along the…
“Ballad” On the southern shore of the Golden Horn, Balat was once the heart of Jewish İstanbul and is home to the Ahrida Synagogue, one…
“Lighthouse” Old name: Petrion Festivals: 6 January (Tossing of the Cross for Epiphany), Easter (midnight ceremony on Sunday) Cramped and congested it may…
It’s one of those great İstanbul landmarks that every visitor to the city sees without necessarily paying it the attention it deserves. The…
“Wooden Castle” Across the concrete square beside the Mısır Carşısı (Spice/Egyptian Bazaar) in Eminönü, Tahtakale is the delightfully ramshackle area immediately to the…
If you head inland northwest from Eminönü along the shores of the Golden Horn towards the Atatürk Bridge you will pass through a…
Adnan Menderes Caddesi (Vatan Caddesi) carves a frenetically busy path west from Aksaray to exit Old İstanbul through the old city walls near…
Once a desperately poor neighbourhood, Zeyrek is the area on the western side of İstanbul’s Atatürk Bulvarı which is dominated by the vast…
Between Beyazıt Meydanı (Square) and Fevzi Paşa Caddesi, the main road running through the heart of Fatih, is a small but wonderful neighbourhood…
“Road Customs Point” This small neighbourhood of Fatih north of Fevzi Pasa Caddesi towards Edirnekapı receives almost no visitors which is a shame…