Guidebook for Beşiktaş
Food Scene
Blum Coffee House is a great cafe with great owners. It's run by very kind people and coffee they serve is great. They also serve delicious cookies and cakes. Blum has Wi-Fi connection. You'll love it!
Blum Coffee House
64/A Süleyman Seba Cd.Blum Coffee House is a great cafe with great owners. It's run by very kind people and coffee they serve is great. They also serve delicious cookies and cakes. Blum has Wi-Fi connection. You'll love it!
Fig Coffee is very close to us. They serve great coffee, cookies and also snacks. You can sit either inside and outside of the cafe. Owner of Fig is a great guy. You can have your morning coffee here before exploring the city!
Fig Coffee
85/D Süleyman Seba Cd.Fig Coffee is very close to us. They serve great coffee, cookies and also snacks. You can sit either inside and outside of the cafe. Owner of Fig is a great guy. You can have your morning coffee here before exploring the city!
Akali is a fantastic burger restaurant. They cook it in a different way and probably the best burger in town. They have lots of drink options, including beer and local 'gazoz' (Some kind of soda). You can check them on Instagram before you go, to make yourself hungier!
19 locals recommend
Akali
No:11 Dibekçi Sk.Akali is a fantastic burger restaurant. They cook it in a different way and probably the best burger in town. They have lots of drink options, including beer and local 'gazoz' (Some kind of soda). You can check them on Instagram before you go, to make yourself hungier!
Sütiş is a well-known Istanbul chain restraunt. They are really good. You can have your breakfast there. Actually, Sütiş is suitable for every meal during the day.
Emirgan Sütiş Akaretler
No:7/9 Şair Nedim Cd.Sütiş is a well-known Istanbul chain restraunt. They are really good. You can have your breakfast there. Actually, Sütiş is suitable for every meal during the day.
Lokmata is famous for their chocolate top of a desert. If you like sweet, you will love Lokmata.
Lokmata
No:4 Refik Osman Top Sk.Lokmata is famous for their chocolate top of a desert. If you like sweet, you will love Lokmata.
If you go to Kadıköy, you may want to visit Çay Tarlası. It's very local restaurant. They serve authentic meals from Northern Turkey. Lots of eggs, lots of butter. Great taste! They only accept cash, so keep that in mind.
12 locals recommend
Çay Tarlası Cafe
34 Dr. Esat Işık Cd.If you go to Kadıköy, you may want to visit Çay Tarlası. It's very local restaurant. They serve authentic meals from Northern Turkey. Lots of eggs, lots of butter. Great taste! They only accept cash, so keep that in mind.
Kale Restaurant is famous for it's breakfast and the view. It's in the middle of the Bosphorus and you can enjoy the sea while drinking your tea :)
11 locals recommend
Rumeli Kale Cafe & Restaurant
No:10 Yahya Kemal Cd.Kale Restaurant is famous for it's breakfast and the view. It's in the middle of the Bosphorus and you can enjoy the sea while drinking your tea :)
Parks & Nature
Maçka Park is one of the best parks in Istanbul. Very cozy and relaxing. During the weekends, it may be crowded. I recommend you to go there in weekdays. It's just a few mins away by walk.
140 locals recommend
Maçka Parkı
Maçka Park is one of the best parks in Istanbul. Very cozy and relaxing. During the weekends, it may be crowded. I recommend you to go there in weekdays. It's just a few mins away by walk.
Essentials
Şok is a chain market in Turkey. They're really cheap and you can find lots of stuff there.
30 locals recommend
Sok
No:16 İstiklal Cd.Şok is a chain market in Turkey. They're really cheap and you can find lots of stuff there.
Drinks & Nightlife
If Performance Hall Beşiktaş is a concert hall. Lots of well-known Turkish and international artists are playing there. You can check their calendar on Google. It's 15 mins by walk.
13 locals recommend
IF Performance Hall Beşiktaş
26 Hasfırın Cd.If Performance Hall Beşiktaş is a concert hall. Lots of well-known Turkish and international artists are playing there. You can check their calendar on Google. It's 15 mins by walk.
CRR Concert Hall is a place where lots of international artists play. They have great concerts there. If you're looking for interesting gigs, check it's calendar.
27 locals recommend
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall
No:6 Dar'ül Bedayi CadCRR Concert Hall is a place where lots of international artists play. They have great concerts there. If you're looking for interesting gigs, check it's calendar.
BeerHall is very close to us and always crowded. If you like to have some beer, it's the right place.
24 locals recommend
BeerHall
No:46 Süleyman Seba Cd.BeerHall is very close to us and always crowded. If you like to have some beer, it's the right place.
No Fish Today Akaretler
1 Şair Nedim Cd.It's a very cozy pub. Very close to apartment.
Arts & Culture
Topkapı Palace is the most iconic place in Istanbul. It's the history. You can visit there when you go to 'Old Istanbul'. It's close to Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. So you can manage a day to visit them all.
717 locals recommend
Topkapi Palace
Topkapı Palace is the most iconic place in Istanbul. It's the history. You can visit there when you go to 'Old Istanbul'. It's close to Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. So you can manage a day to visit them all.
Hagia Sophia
No:1 Ayasofya MeydanıIt's the famous Ayasofya Museum (Hagia Sophia).
Sultan Ahmet (or Blue Mosque) is the most iconic mosque in Istanbul. It's in 'Old Istanbul'. You can go there by tram. Tram is 15 mins by walk to us.
803 locals recommend
The Blue Mosque
No:10 Atmeydanı Cd.Sultan Ahmet (or Blue Mosque) is the most iconic mosque in Istanbul. It's in 'Old Istanbul'. You can go there by tram. Tram is 15 mins by walk to us.
Sightseeing
İstiklal Street is the most famous street in Istanbul. It's in Taksim. There are lots of shops along the street. The architecture around the street is impressing. You need to see it! You can go there by taking cable rail-way on Maçka Park and then having 10 mins walk.
692 locals recommend
Istiklal Caddesi
İstiklal Caddesiİstiklal Street is the most famous street in Istanbul. It's in Taksim. There are lots of shops along the street. The architecture around the street is impressing. You need to see it! You can go there by taking cable rail-way on Maçka Park and then having 10 mins walk.
Galata Tower is one of the most iconic places in Istanbul. It's very close to Istiklal Street. The view on the top of it is amazing. You can see all of Istanbul and the Bosphorus.
1235 locals recommend
Galata Tower
Galata Tower is one of the most iconic places in Istanbul. It's very close to Istiklal Street. The view on the top of it is amazing. You can see all of Istanbul and the Bosphorus.
Moda neighbourhood in Kadıköy is well-known for their hipster culture, 3rd wave coffee places and local design stores. You can also go there in the evenings to have some beer at pubs.
40 locals recommend
Moda Caddesi
Moda CaddesiModa neighbourhood in Kadıköy is well-known for their hipster culture, 3rd wave coffee places and local design stores. You can also go there in the evenings to have some beer at pubs.
Bebek is a very cozy area. It's by the Bosphorus and the view is amazing. You can have a coffee and walk by the sea. You can take a bus from Besiktas to go there. Takes 15 mins if there's no traffic. Check the traffic on Google Maps before go there.
168 locals recommend
Bebek
Bebek is a very cozy area. It's by the Bosphorus and the view is amazing. You can have a coffee and walk by the sea. You can take a bus from Besiktas to go there. Takes 15 mins if there's no traffic. Check the traffic on Google Maps before go there.
Getting Around
Maçka Station
This is a cable-railway. It connects Maçka to Taksim.
Budget
No:50 Cumhuriyet Cd.I always rent a car from Budget in Taksim.
İTÜ Vakfı Otoparkı
İTÜ Vakfı OtoparkıIt's the paid car park.