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Nusret etilerde cok meshur kebapci. Eti hakkaten guzel. Galatasaraydan fransiz sokagina inerken Munferit diye bi restoran pub var, cok meshur yemek meze olayi da cok guzel. Nisantasinda Pipa diye bi italyan pizzaci acildi. Cok kaliteli mekan ve lezzetli. Nisantasi kirintinin yaninda Cookshop acildi. Yine nisantasinda Atiye sokak trafige kapali ve guzel cafeler var (hardal,salomanje,elio,quick china). Karakoy civarinda da guzel yerler acildi Bej Cafe ve Salt ikisine de gitmedim ama duydum guzelmis. Salsa yapabilecegin neresi var hic bilmiyorum cok alakasizim. Buarada ben ablamin evinden ayrilip isime daha yakin olan yesilkoye tasindim. Evim sevimli ferah bi bahce kati. Ayrica yesilkoy buyukada tadinda sicak bi yer. Geldiginde mutlaka beklerim. Cocukla da gelip rahat edebilirsin hatta
kalabilirsin. Aklima gelenler simdilik bunlar.
Benim ilave önerilerim
Kahvaltı için Karaköy Namlı Gurme (Caddede de yeri var)
Yemek için Nusret , Zuma, Gigi ve Sortie’nin içinde Minyon ile Da Mario, Sunset (gece de güzel oluyor)
Gece için Anjelik
Kebap için Tavacı Recep, Cerciş Murat Konağı,
Balık için Balıkçı Kahraman
Dürüm için Asamalı’daki Antiochia (müthiş bir lezzet)
Mehmet Gürs’ün tüm restaurantları (Mikla v.s.)
Meyhane Asmalı Cavit ve Münferit (Beyoğlu)
Halen populer mi bilmiyorum ama Pera’daki Nupera ve Off Pera da yemek sonrası giddilecek yerlerden
SU ADASI-kurucesme, LEB-I DERYA-beyoglu, 360-beyoglu, ASMALIMESCIT-beyoglu.
Oyuncak Muzesi
You can take a bus from the airport
which goes till Taksim (kind of city center-closed to everywhere)
The bus called HAVAS (It is cheap but
since you will be two of us you may just take a cab)
HAVAS HAS BUSES EVERY HALF AN HOUR.
If you arrive there at night (since the
cabs charge you more) you may take Havas (but they may have bus till 12 and in
the morning they start at 6.00 o clock-I think-)
Anyway Havas (just at the exit they
wait, you can’t miss-they have a stop.
You should definitely see
1)
Sultanahmet (Where Topkapi Palace- church and other places to
see-will give you the names later)
2)
Ortakoy-Bebek-Arnavutkoy (by the sea cute places where you
can have lunch/dinner/drink and walk by the sea and see the beautiful Bosphorus
view-
3)
Kanyon- the new shopping mall-I like it because it is open
air.
4)
You should stay in the city center so you can get about
easily, cause there is a traffic jam in Istanbul
Ciragan Kempinski Hotel just by the sea in Ortakoy and beautiful!!!
Ciragan Kempinski Hotel just by the sea in Ortakoy and beautiful!!!
One of the good otel is Les Ottoman in Kurucesme.
There is a coffee called ASK
In Taksim there are many clubs; restaurants,
bars, shops everything
It is such a cosmopolited place
You can go to Galata tower in Galata
(closed to Taksim)
You should definitely go to Kapali carsi
Baazar –Misir bazaar (in Eminonu)-closed to Taksim
Maiden Tower (light house) (is in the
middle of the sea- you need to take a boat, I think they have service in
Findikli (again closed to taksim-youi can take the tube)
The hotels you might stay in Taksim
1)
Intercontinental
2)
Hilton- from the center of Taksim (10 minutes walk away though)
3)
The Marmara –nice location, cheaper than the others-make sure
you get a new room though)
4)
The Ritz –expensive
5)
Swiss Hotel-it is in Macka (closed to Taksim but does not
have walking distance but has beautiful view)
There are more hotels and cheaper ones
It is up to your budget
And you must see NISANTASI-TESVIKIYE
It is beautiful because you can walk in a very nice street with
nice shops and cute cafes. Don’t go there on Sunday-Sunday most of them are
closed!
The street life is good in Turkey!
QUESTION: What about during Ramadan will
things still be open? Should we wait until after Ramadan?
The answer is NO, but during eid the
bazaar will be closed.
Everywhere will be open
However the number of the people who go
to clubs will drop
That doesn’t matter actually it might be
even good so you can have some space
It is a crowded city!
Will write to you other places when I
remember
3.5 days is okay, you will have to rush
though. You can get a grasp of the city but it won’t be like I have seen
everywhere in Istanbul at all.
Even one year is not enough to see the
all the beauty in Istanbul. I lived there 7 years and I know that still so many
places left to discover although I was going out a lot.
There are many different interesting
places and loads of things to do.
Istanbul Itinerary & Contact (red is must do)
Bosphorus Boat Tour (take boat either from Besiktas or
Eminonu pier) – have fish lunch at the last stop (Anadolu Kavagi) – castle at
the top has nice views of the Black Sea if you want to stroll up the hill (might be cold in the winter, but still
recommended)
Princess Islands – take a boat from
Besiktas pier; go to Buyuk Ada; have lunch, ride the horse carriage around the
island (might be cold in the winter)
Aya Sofya
Topkapi Palace – located in Sultanahmet, not Topkapi
Blue Mosque
Basilica cistern – haunting
place, near Aya sofya – visit if you can.
Archeological Museum (Alexander the
Great’s sarcophagis is supposed to be there – turns out it is someone else’s,
but very interesting)
Grand Bazaar (haggle)
Dolmabahce
Palace – go to Ortakoy after visiting Dolmabahce
Palace.
Galata Tower (near the centre of the city; can be combined with a stroll in
Beyoglu – old consular district) – in the fish market try the “Degustasyon”
restaurant (they have an appetizer called topic, try that)
Maiden’s
Tower (hard to reach – easiest is to take a small
boat from besiktas to uskudar, then take boat from uskudar to the tower )
Beyoglu – at the heart of the
city; shopping area, restaurants, cafes – pedestrians only
Ortakoy – next to your hotel (15-20 min walk) – seaside shopping, cafes,
restaurants
Good
restaurants
Borsa – in Harbiye next to the Hilton (closer to the centre of city near
Taksim, but still just 10 minutes by car from your hotel) – excellent
traditional Turkish cuisine
Sardunya – next to the Mimar Sinan University (10 minutes by car from your
hotel) seaside food restaurant well-suited for romantic dinners – no crowds,
good view
Poseidon – in Bebek (15 minutes by car from your hotel) seaside, excellent
seafood
Degustasyon – In Beyoglu (near the
British embassy)
Club
Laila – near your hotel
What to Eat
Fish: Kalkan
if it is in season
Appetizer:
fried calamari with tarator sauce, patlican salatasi (babaghanoush Turkish
style), sigara borek (Turkish fatayer), karides guvec (shrimp casserole)
Turkish cuisine: Hunkar begendi (this
is the name of the dish, means Sultan liked it)
Ortakoy is 15 minutes
far away from Taksim by taxi (depends on the traffic it can go up to 1 hour)
Ciragan Kempinski and
Four Season hotels are in Ortakoy too and they are beautiful, you should check
them out as well.
They are the most
expensive but the best hotels in Istanbul.
Swiss Hotel close to
Taksim (it is in a place called MACKA) is nice and has great view.
NISANTASI, is a place
where is more popular in the winter but has lots of posh bars and clubs, and
has got nice unique boutique cafes and shops.
I think you would
enjoy this place during the day for chilling out, trying nice food and shopping
I have been away from
the night life of Turkey last 5 years so don’t know where is nice these days
but Denise might be more helpful.
These are the places
were top of the Istanbul night life before I left
Reina
Leila (I think the name changed now, it is very
close to Reina) they are both in Kurucesme, near ORTAKOY.These two places by the sea and have fantastic view.
You need to be smart casual.
In Taksim, there is a
place called Nu Pera (it is close to Otel Pera), smart casual
In ORTAKOY there is a
place called ANGALICA (hope the spelling is correct) by the sea and nice
again smart casual
They may ask for reservation or try to charge you for the entrance so it is normal, they are posh places. You can have dinner as well, can be pricy.
In Taksim there are
lots of lots of bars, clubs, there is no way you can finish even in 1 month.
You can just go and
try as many as you can. They are mainly not on the main street of ISTIKLAL
STREET, but parallel streets. Can be inside a building, first floor, top floor,
middle floor, they are everywhere.
BODRUM
It has a hectic night life and during the day you
can enjoy the cold, clean sea. You can visit Bodrum castle and even try to go
to the concert in the castle (there are so many concerts during the summer,
check it out one of your favorite singer might have a concert while you are
there)
It is good for snorkeling and diving.
You can try to take the daily boat there where they
take you to nice spots to swim.
It is better than going to the public beach.
It is a bit expensive because it is very popular
among Turkish tourists as well as foreign tourists
There are plenty of hotels over there.
Because my parent has a house I never stayed in a
hotel.
You may need to search in the internet
I will ask my friends if they know anything cheap
and cheerful
I have just remembered, it won’t be as crowded as
in the summer in September which is good for you.
When the schools start people leave which is good
but most of the clubs will be closed.
In Istanbul though you should try to go to one of
trendy club by the sea with a spectacular Bosphorus view.
CESME
You have to see this place. It is very close to
Izmir. You can spend one night over there. Nice food, great sea, and cute
architecture.
It is a great place to surf by the way
It has a night life as well
It has private beaches as well as public beaches
Try to stay in ALACATI (the area called in CESME)
PAMUKKALE-DENIZLI
This place is nice too but a bit out of your way
So you decide.
Maybe you should try to see next time
It is in DENIZLI
CAPODACCIA
Have a look at the images
You should try to stay one of the cave hotels in
Cappadocia and if you have chance try horse riding since Cappadocia means “the
land of the beautiful horses”
Also you can try balloon tour over there. You do it
very early in the morning and if you come back safely you celebrate it with
champagne. They give you champagne with strawberry and breakfast.
(Don’t worry no accident happened so far, it is
safe)
It is a fascinating place. I am dying to go
there again. The sun set is great. They have beautiful spots where they take
you for the sun set.
Will send you more information on other parts of
Turkey...
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