Guidebook for Istanbul

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Guidebook for Istanbul

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice place to chill out and have some draft Guinness beer
19 locals recommend
BELFAST IRISH PUB
No: 28/A Dr. Esat Işık Cd.
19 locals recommend
Nice place to chill out and have some draft Guinness beer
One of the best Heavy metal clubs in the city. Try the "narlı bira" (beer with pomegranate)
9 locals recommend
Zincir Bar
No:5 Kadife Sk.
9 locals recommend
One of the best Heavy metal clubs in the city. Try the "narlı bira" (beer with pomegranate)
An awesome wonderful place to spend some quite time with your friends and enjoy really good wine
67 locals recommend
Viktor Levi Şarap Evi
No:4 Damacı Sk.
67 locals recommend
An awesome wonderful place to spend some quite time with your friends and enjoy really good wine
The best Irish pub in the city
22 locals recommend
James Joyce Irish Pub
No:26 Balo Sk.
22 locals recommend
The best Irish pub in the city
Music is kind of alternative, beer is cheap, guests from all over the world
30 locals recommend
Araf Cafe & Bar
30 locals recommend
Music is kind of alternative, beer is cheap, guests from all over the world
Nice cocktails, good music, hipster people!
9 locals recommend
Kafep Asmalımescit Bomonti Brasserie
11 Sofyalı Sk.
9 locals recommend
Nice cocktails, good music, hipster people!
Get some shots and enjoy the night
32 locals recommend
Tektekci
5 Acara Sokağı
32 locals recommend
Get some shots and enjoy the night
You want to dance to charts music with a view to the Golden Horn? Then come to this open air nightclub
Curcuna
15 Refik Saydam Caddesi
You want to dance to charts music with a view to the Golden Horn? Then come to this open air nightclub
One of the most alternative bars around the area
96 locals recommend
Karga Bar
No:16 Kadife Sk.
96 locals recommend
One of the most alternative bars around the area
Best Guinness in town
6 locals recommend
U2 Istanbul Irish Pub
No:21 Bekar Sk.
6 locals recommend
Best Guinness in town
Underground techno club
Machine Club
32 Balo Sokak
Underground techno club
A street full of bars
77 locals recommend
Asmalı Mescit Caddesi
Asmalı Mescit Caddesi
77 locals recommend
A street full of bars
Little club with great music
8 locals recommend
Faces
16 Sofyalı Sk.
8 locals recommend
Little club with great music

Food Scene

On daylight this place is a high-class restaurant. And night it transforms into a fancy bar and nightclub. Amazing view to all around the city
275 locals recommend
360 Istanbul
275 locals recommend
On daylight this place is a high-class restaurant. And night it transforms into a fancy bar and nightclub. Amazing view to all around the city
Try the "canlı portakallı nargile". Shisha with fresh oranges! Sit on the terrace and enjoy the view
Perla Kallavi Teras Cafe
No:14 Yeni Çarşı Caddesi
Try the "canlı portakallı nargile". Shisha with fresh oranges! Sit on the terrace and enjoy the view
A really good place to enjoy kebabs. My favorite is the "Adana Kebap". Don't forget to order a Ayran to drink
16 locals recommend
Hayri Usta Kebap
No:15 Çukurlu Çeşme Sk.
16 locals recommend
A really good place to enjoy kebabs. My favorite is the "Adana Kebap". Don't forget to order a Ayran to drink
One of the best "Adana kebaps" in town
Beşiktaş Dürümce
3 Çigdem Sk.
One of the best "Adana kebaps" in town
Enjoy good fish and our national drink Rakı here
228 locals recommend
Çiçek Pasajı Manolya Restaurant
228 locals recommend
Enjoy good fish and our national drink Rakı here
Dozens of shisha bars are here
82 locals recommend
Tophane station
82 locals recommend
Dozens of shisha bars are here
While you are in Sultanahmet you should not leave without eating Köfte here
40 locals recommend
Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi Selim Usta
No:12 Divan Yolu Cd.
40 locals recommend
While you are in Sultanahmet you should not leave without eating Köfte here
Amazing self made chocolate. Try the hot chocolate with strawberry flavor and the Beatrice desert!
31 locals recommend
J'adore Chocolatier
22 Emir Nevruz Sk.
31 locals recommend
Amazing self made chocolate. Try the hot chocolate with strawberry flavor and the Beatrice desert!
Good shisha, good company
Kahve Cafe Restaurant
No:74 Münir Nurettin Selçuk Caddesi
Good shisha, good company
My favorite ice cream in town with real fruits
YAŞAR Ustanın DONDURMASI
No:34 Profesör Doktor Ali Nihat Tarlan Caddesi
My favorite ice cream in town with real fruits
Nice view to the ships, good shisha
Kordon Restoran
Nice view to the ships, good shisha
Fancy restaurant
101 locals recommend
Lucca
51/A Cevdet Paşa Cd.
101 locals recommend
Fancy restaurant
Nice view to the sea, amazing deserts
32 locals recommend
Emirgan Sütiş
No:46 Sakıp Sabancı Cd.
32 locals recommend
Nice view to the sea, amazing deserts
Try the "Sur Kebap" and the "Saç Tava"
14 locals recommend
SUR OCAKBAŞI
No:19 İtfaiye Cd.
14 locals recommend
Try the "Sur Kebap" and the "Saç Tava"
Best baklava!
151 locals recommend
Karakoy Gulluoglu
No:67 Kemankeş Caddesi
151 locals recommend
Best baklava!
Nice place for breakfast and brunch
6 locals recommend
Happy Moon's
No:89 Fener Kalamış Cd.
6 locals recommend
Nice place for breakfast and brunch
Good Mexican restaurant
Ranchero Restoran Mexicano
Good Mexican restaurant
Great steakhouse
Nusr.Et
Great steakhouse
You pay 40 TL and get all you can eat. From a wide variety of salads and cold appetizers to a meter-long kebap and other kind of meat
ADANALI ŞENOL KOLCUOĞLU RESTAURANT
You pay 40 TL and get all you can eat. From a wide variety of salads and cold appetizers to a meter-long kebap and other kind of meat
Best burgers in town
Kırıntı
No:321 Bağdat Cd.
Best burgers in town
One of the best ice creams in the neighborhood
35 locals recommend
بستنی مشهور علی اوستا
Moda Caddesi
35 locals recommend
One of the best ice creams in the neighborhood
Enjoy your coffee or tea with an amazing sea view
Vaniköy Cafe
No:2 Vaniköy Cd
Enjoy your coffee or tea with an amazing sea view
The only Starbucks in the world build on the sea
13 locals recommend
Starbucks-bebek Şubesi
No:30 Cevdet Paşa Caddesi
13 locals recommend
The only Starbucks in the world build on the sea
The best Waffle in town!!!
22 locals recommend
Kemal Usta Waffles
22 locals recommend
The best Waffle in town!!!

Everything Else

Famous for its Waffles and its "Kumpir" (stuffed potatoes). There are lots of nice bars and restaurants around
218 locals recommend
Büyük Mecidiye Mosque (Ortaköy Mosque)
No:1 Mecidiye Köprüsü Sk.
218 locals recommend
Famous for its Waffles and its "Kumpir" (stuffed potatoes). There are lots of nice bars and restaurants around
The center of the Asian part of Istanbul. You can reach almost every place of Istanbul from here. There are lots of activities you can do around here.
505 locals recommend
Kadıköy
505 locals recommend
The center of the Asian part of Istanbul. You can reach almost every place of Istanbul from here. There are lots of activities you can do around here.
The home of Fenerbahçe
37 locals recommend
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
2 Bağdat Cd.
37 locals recommend
The home of Fenerbahçe
Come here to watch high class basketball
9 locals recommend
Ulker Sports Arena
Ihlamur Bulvari
9 locals recommend
Come here to watch high class basketball
Airport number 2
57 locals recommend
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
57 locals recommend
Airport number 2
Nice district for walking
33 locals recommend
Bebek Parkı
Bebek Parkı
33 locals recommend
Nice district for walking
Calm, cozy neighborhood of Kadiköy with nice cafes
40 locals recommend
Moda Caddesi
Moda Caddesi
40 locals recommend
Calm, cozy neighborhood of Kadiköy with nice cafes
The hospital I work in
Yeditepe University. Baby has.tüp Department Prof. Dr. Cem Fıçıcıoğlu
20 Okur Sokağı
The hospital I work in
The only nice beach near Istanbul where you can swim
Şile
The only nice beach near Istanbul where you can swim
THE place to go when you go for party!
692 locals recommend
Istiklal Caddesi
İstiklal Caddesi
692 locals recommend
THE place to go when you go for party!

Shopping

The Champs-Elysees of Istanbul
305 locals recommend
Nişantaşı
305 locals recommend
The Champs-Elysees of Istanbul
A fancy shopping road
39 locals recommend
Bağdat Avenue
Bağdat Caddesi
39 locals recommend
A fancy shopping road
Nice mall
ebebek Palladium AVM
No:8-B Halk Cd.
Nice mall
A nice outlet mall
9 locals recommend
Optimum Outlet
Demokrasi Caddesi
9 locals recommend
A nice outlet mall
Fancy shopping mall
29 locals recommend
Watsons
İstinye Park AVM
29 locals recommend
Fancy shopping mall
Outlet mall near the airport
50 locals recommend
Viaport Asia Outlet Shopping
No:19 Dedepaşa Cd
50 locals recommend
Outlet mall near the airport

Sightseeing

The Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Topkapı Palace are all in walking distance from here
368 locals recommend
Sultanahmet Square
No:2 Sultan Ahmet Parkı
368 locals recommend
The Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Topkapı Palace are all in walking distance from here
You want to see a completely different face of Istanbul? Without the mass of people and enjoy some nature? Then come to Büyükada. Ride a bike or a horse and enjoy the beautiful island
171 locals recommend
Büyükada
171 locals recommend
You want to see a completely different face of Istanbul? Without the mass of people and enjoy some nature? Then come to Büyükada. Ride a bike or a horse and enjoy the beautiful island
Come here to visit the summer resident of the Sultans and the palace of Atatürk
580 locals recommend
Dolmabahce Palace
Dolmabahçe Caddesi
580 locals recommend
Come here to visit the summer resident of the Sultans and the palace of Atatürk
After a fortuneteller told the sultan that his daughter will be poisended, the sultan build a tower on an lonely island for his daughter to protect her until a snake slink into a basket with groceries
325 locals recommend
Maiden's Tower
Salacak Mevkii
325 locals recommend
After a fortuneteller told the sultan that his daughter will be poisended, the sultan build a tower on an lonely island for his daughter to protect her until a snake slink into a basket with groceries
Old town of Istanbul
Eminönü Belediyesi Başkanlığı Fen İşleri Bakım Ve Onarım Müdürlüğü
1 Türk-Ermeni Mezarlığı Yolu
Old town of Istanbul
One of the must sees when coming here
449 locals recommend
Spice Bazaar
92 Erzak Ambarı Sok.
449 locals recommend
One of the must sees when coming here
The biggest and oldest mall of the world
810 locals recommend
Grand Bazaar
Beyazıt Caddesi
810 locals recommend
The biggest and oldest mall of the world
One of the landmarks in the city
1235 locals recommend
Galata Tower
1235 locals recommend
One of the landmarks in the city
Build 1453 in three month before the siege of Istanbul. Now there are lots of restaurants under it where you can have breakfast and brunch
88 locals recommend
Rumeli Hisarı
Yahya Kemal Caddesi
88 locals recommend
Build 1453 in three month before the siege of Istanbul. Now there are lots of restaurants under it where you can have breakfast and brunch

Arts & Culture

Museum of modern contemporary arts
618 locals recommend
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
No:1/1 Meşrutiyet Cd.
618 locals recommend
Museum of modern contemporary arts
Museum of contemporary arts
96 locals recommend
Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum
42 Sakıp Sabancı Cd.
96 locals recommend
Museum of contemporary arts