LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, YOUR OWN PACE.ISTANBUL · TÜRKİYE ↗

THE CITY / ROUTES & IDEAS

Pick a street.
Follow the story.

These are starting points, not packages you have to follow. Combine them, shorten them, or choose somewhere else entirely.

Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul
01 / OLD CITYOPEN ROUTE ↗

The historic peninsula

Sultanahmet’s monuments deserve more than a rushed checklist.

A view toward Galata Tower and ferries crossing the Golden Horn
02 / BEYOĞLUOPEN ROUTE ↗

The city behind Galata

Banks, backstreets, passages and a changing urban story.

A ferry crossing the Bosphorus at sunset
03 / BOSPHORUSOPEN ROUTE ↗

Two continents, one afternoon

A ferry is sometimes the best part of the itinerary.

Colourful residential houses on a street in Balat, Istanbul
04 / GOLDEN HORNOPEN ROUTE ↗

A walk through Fener & Balat

Layered history in a lived-in neighbourhood.

NO FIXED ROUTE REQUIRED

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Describe your day ↗

OTHER WAYS TO VISIT

Different plans, different pace.