Istanbul
The ten · pick your three 282 places
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Istanbul's picks 210 · city order
Istanbul's Nº1 · Anatolian regional kitchen Çiya Sofrası Kadıköy · $$ A Azra, ChefCocktail bar Geyik Coffee Roastery & Cocktail Bar C CanConcept Store Midnight Express D Defne
Museum Istanbul Modern E EmirByzantine mosque-museum Hagia Sophia E Ece
Z Topkapı Palace Imperial Palace · Sultanahmet Nº10
E Lale Plak Record Store · Tünel Nº5
K Caddebostan Sahil Seaside Run · Caddebostan Nº7
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Make Istanbul yours Every name and where it is, free. Make it yours and the city re-sorts around your three locals, and every place opens up: the Move, what to do, what to skip, and what's around it.
Make Istanbul yours · $4.99 The ten 10 locals
A Azra The Chef Istanbul is two continents arguing over lunch. I eat on both sides and keep the receipts. C Can The Night Owl I know where the night's real — and where to leave before the cliché. D Defne The Style Editor Istanbul's real taste hides in Çukurcuma's vaults and Karaköy's back rooms. E Ece The First-Timer You get three days. I'll spend them on what actually earns the trip. E Elif The Collector Istanbul's music lives in Kadıköy's vinyl bins and Karaköy basements, not the mega-clubs. E Emir The Curator Istanbul buries its best art off İstiklal. I know which room, which wall, which show. K Kaan The Athlete I keep training on the road. Here the run, the swim and the climb are the sightseeing. M Mert The Parent A good Istanbul day has shade, a ferry, a snack, and an exit plan. I've mapped them all. Y Yusuf The Architect I read Istanbul by dome, courtyard, and the light at five — not by the guidebook story. Z Zeynep The Historian Istanbul isn't one city. It's Byzantium, Constantinople, and Ottoman capital, stacked.
Choose your three The city re-sorts around them
Guides for a momentThe guide already built for the moment you're in. 9
K Jet lag: awake at 4am Kaan · 13 places M With kids under 5 Mert · 35 places C No lines, no booking Can · 27 places A On a budget Azra · 25 places Z It's raining Zeynep · 39 places D The dead afternoon Defne · 92 places C Late dinner, later drink Can · 39 places A A Sunday Azra · 23 places C Only the Top 10s Can · 79 places
