📍 KadıköyKadıköy Market
With fishmongers, restaurants, cafés and traditional shops, Kadıköy Bazaar is one of the best places to experience the district’s everyday life.
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Istanbul Travel Guide
Neighbourhoods & Streets in Istanbul
From Balat to Kuzguncuk, explore Istanbul's historic districts, local streets and everyday city life.
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📍 Beyoğluİstiklal Avenue Walk
With historic buildings, arcades, cultural centres and its nostalgic tram, Istiklal Avenue is one of Istanbul’s best-known pedestrian routes.
📍 AdalarBüyükada Clock Square
Formed around the clock tower near the pier, this square is one of Büyükada’s liveliest meeting and sightseeing points.
📍 ŞileAğva
Set between the Göksu and Yeşilçay rivers, Ağva is one of Şile’s key destinations, with waterfronts, walking routes, a fishing-town atmosphere and surrounding natural beauty.
📍 AdalarBüyükada Historic Market
With shops, cafés and lively streets that reflect island life, this historic bazaar is one of the most colourful areas to explore on foot in central Büyükada.
📍 BeyoğluTaksim Square
Identified with the Republic Monument and the start of Istiklal Avenue, Taksim Square is one of Istanbul’s best-known centres of urban life and meeting.
📍 SilivriSelimpaşa Historic Streets
With old Greek houses, stone buildings and traditional coastal-settlement fabric, Selimpaşa’s streets are a characterful route for discovering Silivri’s past on foot.
📍 ÇatalcaSubaşı Köyü ve Ayazması
Surrounded by forest, Subaşı Village combines traditional settlement fabric, its historic holy spring and quiet walking paths.
📍 ÜsküdarKuzguncuk Historic Streets
Streets where visitors can discover Kuzguncuk’s multicultural past and warm atmosphere through colourful houses, old buildings and neighbourhood life.
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📍 KadıköyKadıköy Market
With fishmongers, restaurants, cafés and traditional shops, Kadıköy Bazaar is one of the best places to experience the district’s everyday life.
📍 Beyoğluİstiklal Avenue Walk
With historic buildings, arcades, cultural centres and its nostalgic tram, Istiklal Avenue is one of Istanbul’s best-known pedestrian routes.
📍 AdalarBüyükada Clock Square
Formed around the clock tower near the pier, this square is one of Büyükada’s liveliest meeting and sightseeing points.
📍 ŞileAğva
Set between the Göksu and Yeşilçay rivers, Ağva is one of Şile’s key destinations, with waterfronts, walking routes, a fishing-town atmosphere and surrounding natural beauty.
📍 AdalarBüyükada Historic Market
With shops, cafés and lively streets that reflect island life, this historic bazaar is one of the most colourful areas to explore on foot in central Büyükada.
📍 BeyoğluTaksim Square
Identified with the Republic Monument and the start of Istiklal Avenue, Taksim Square is one of Istanbul’s best-known centres of urban life and meeting.
📍 SilivriSelimpaşa Historic Streets
With old Greek houses, stone buildings and traditional coastal-settlement fabric, Selimpaşa’s streets are a characterful route for discovering Silivri’s past on foot.
📍 ÇatalcaSubaşı Köyü ve Ayazması
Surrounded by forest, Subaşı Village combines traditional settlement fabric, its historic holy spring and quiet walking paths.
📍 ÜsküdarKuzguncuk Historic Streets
Streets where visitors can discover Kuzguncuk’s multicultural past and warm atmosphere through colourful houses, old buildings and neighbourhood life.
📍 GaziosmanpaşaGaziosmanpaşa Cumhuriyet Square
In the centre of Gaziosmanpaşa, this square is the district’s symbolic meeting place, with the Pasha Statue, bazaar fabric, mosque and lively streets.
📍 EyüpsultanEyüpsultan Square
Shaped around Eyüp Sultan Mosque, this square is one of the district’s key meeting places, with a historic texture and lively atmosphere.
📍 EsenlerDörtyol Square
In central Esenler, Dörtyol Square is the district’s busiest meeting area, with daily city life, public events, shops and transport connections.
📍 MaltepeBeşçeşmeler ve Historic Maltepe Streets
With historic fountains, old houses, pedestrian streets and neighbourhood atmosphere, Beşçeşmeler is one of Maltepe’s characterful areas to discover on foot.
📍 KadıköyBağdat Avenue
With shops, cafés and lively city life, Bağdat Avenue is one of the Asian side’s best-known shopping and walking routes.
📍 GaziosmanpaşaKüçükköy Square
In Küçükköy’s historic settlement centre, this square is a good starting point for discovering local life through old streets, the bazaar and mosque.
📍 FatihSultanahmet Square
Between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Square is the heart of the Historic Peninsula and preserves the legacy of the ancient Hippodrome.
📍 EsenyurtEsenyurt Square
A central meeting area where visitors can observe the district’s daily life, with a surrounding bazaar, mosque, shops and pedestrian activity.
📍 EyüpsultanEyüpsultan Historic Market
With traditional shops, souvenirs and historic streets, the Eyüpsultan Historic Bazaar is one of the district’s characteristic places for shopping and sightseeing.
📍 GüngörenGüngören Köyiçi Historic Dokusu
Formed around Sultan Genç Osman Mosque and the historic fountain, Köyiçi is a characterful walkable area for discovering the settlement memory that remains from the district’s old Vidos village.
📍 AdalarBurgazada Historic Streets
With old island houses, narrow lanes and a quiet atmosphere, Burgazada’s historic streets offer a way to discover the island’s character on foot.
📍 KadıköyYeldeğirmeni Historic Streets
With historic apartment buildings, street art and neighbourhood culture, Yeldeğirmeni is a distinctive area for exploring Kadıköy’s unique urban fabric.
📍 ÜsküdarÜsküdar Square
With ferry piers, historic buildings and lively city life, Üsküdar Square is the district’s central meeting and transit point.
📍 AdalarHeybeliada Market
With cafés, small shops and streets reflecting island life, the bazaar forms Heybeliada’s lively central area.
📍 KadıköyModa Historic Streets
Characteristic streets where visitors can feel Moda’s calm and nostalgic atmosphere through old apartment buildings, cafés and neighbourhood life.
