You’ll be very close to Bosphorus at this restaurant: so close that waves might roll over you sometimes! The restaurant is an old wooden mansion at Beylerbeyi, which is a pretty, authentic district on the Asian side of Istanbul. Beylerbeyi is rarely visited by tourists but is in fact well worth exploring. If you decide [...] [...]
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Doga fish restaurant restaurant has a simple formula: delicious meze (starters) and fish, great service with (if you book your table in advance) really lovely views. The place is a bit pricy but if quality food experience is important for you, you shouldn’t miss the opportunity to eat here. We recommend you to book in [...] [...] Cars are king, pedestrians are nothing, cyclists do not exist… so, as a pedestrian, you need to give way to cars and not expect them to give way to you. Officially cars drive on the right, but you can never be sure! Look both ways all the time. Zebra crossings are meaningless unless there’s a [...] [...] Huseyin’in Yeri, which means Huseyin’s place, is great absolutely authentic meyhane in Balat. The district is a very interesting and historical, it is not touristic at all, it is safe but poor. The restaurant itself (meyhane) is completely low key, people are very friendly, they offer cheap and very good food and mezes. If you’d [...] [...] Turkish ice-cream is made with sahlep -wild orchid root powder- and it is hand whisked with a long metal stick. [...] 
Christmas is not widely celebrated in Istanbul although you will see Christmas decorations around the main streets in a humble way. These are [...] |
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