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Beyoğlu GALATA, TOPHANE & KARAKÖY | İSTIKLAL & AROUND | ÇUKURCUMA & CIHANGIR
Neighbourhood Top Five 1 ARTER (p129) Visiting 15th-century semahane ment in this magnificently cultural institutions such as (whirling-dervish hall). restored 16th-century Turk- this art gallery to see why 3 Museum of Innocence ish bath. İstanbul is now acknowl- (p131) Admiring Orhan 5 Balık Pazarı (p128) edged as having one of Pamuk’s ambitious and Sampling the sights, smells the world’s most exciting thought-provoking concep- and flavours in this historic visual-art scenes. tual art project. market. 2 Galata Mevlevi 4 Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı Museum (p143) Seeing (p146) Indulging in a tradi- dervishes whirl in a tional hamam treat-
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Best Tower. 6 Cafes ¨Sugar hits During the afternoon, recharge with a ¨¨Dem (p140) sweet treat at local institutions İnci Pastanesi (p134) and Karaköy Güllüoğlu (p131). ¨¨Federal Coffee Company (p137) ¨Tea by the Bosphorus To enjoy a million-dollar view with a cheap glass of tea, try the ramshackle çay ¨¨Fil (p137) bahçesis (tea gardens) at the edge of the Bosphorus, ¨ ¨Karabatak (p137) opposite the Fındıklı tram stop. There’s even a kids’ ¨¨Kronotrop (p137) playground nearby to make toddlers happy. For reviews, see p137.A Getting There & Away Best Bars 6 ¨ & Clubs Tram A tram runs from either Cevizlibağ or Bağcılar in the city’s west to Kabataş, near Taksim Meydanı in ¨ ¨360 (p141) Beyoğlu, stopping at Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Karaköy ¨¨CUE İstiklal (p142) and Tophane en route. ¨¨Geyik (p137) ¨Funicular It’s a steep uphill walk from all tram stops ¨¨Indigo (p141) to İstiklal, so most commuters use the funiculars that ¨¨Kloster (p142) link Karaköy with Tünel Meydanı and Kabataş with ¨¨Unter (p140) Taksim Meydanı. ¨Metro Trains travel between Yenıkapı on the Sea of For reviews, see p140.A Marmara and Taksim Meydanı, stopping at Vezneciler in the Old City, on a bridge over the Golden Horn and in Şişhane (near Tünel Meydanı) en route. From Taksim, the metro continues to Nişantaşı and the ritzy residential and commercial suburbs to its north. ¨Bus Buses to every part of the city leave from the bus interchanges underneath Taksim Meydanı and near the tram stop at Kabataş.