Travel Routes
Bağdat Avenue Tour
An 11-stop walk starting at Suadiye Marmaray and heading up Bağdat Avenue toward Erenköy, with a book-and-coffee break, street food, and a sunset finish on Caddebostan shore.
İlber Ortaylı Route
The historic-peninsula walk described by historian İlber Ortaylı in interviews and TV programs — starting at Eminönü and ending at Sultanahmet via Süleymaniye, Zeyrek, Balat, the city walls and Yedikule.
In the Shadow of İstiklal: Beyoğlu’s Back Garden
A 25-stop walking route from Taksim through Nevizade, Çiçek Pasajı and Pera, down into Galata, ending at Bankalar Caddesi — bringing together street food, historic buildings, and bar streets.
Istanbul's Iconic Buildings: From Pera to Galata
A walk in the footsteps of Istanbul’s finest architectural stories, from the elegant apartment buildings of Pera to the century-old streets of Galata. As you uncover the stories left behind by imperial tailors, Levantine families, artists and guests who marked world history, the city’s often-overlooked layers reveal themselves one by one. Don’t just look at Istanbul — discover it through its stories.
Istanbul's Iconic Buildings: From Karaköy to Sirkeci
From Karaköy, the Ottoman Empire's financial centre, to Sirkeci, its gateway to Europe, this route sets out to discover the Istanbul of bankers, merchants, travellers and state institutions. Along a road running from historic bank vaults to magnificent hans, from Sirkeci Station where the Orient Express arrived to the Grand Post Office, trace the city's story of trade, travel and modernisation. Every building tells a different story from the Istanbul through which the empire opened onto the world.
From Cihangir to the Shore: Çukurcuma and the Tophane Descent
From the art-filled streets of Cihangir to nostalgic Çukurcuma, a step-by-step Beyoğlu walk that reaches the Tophane waterfront without climbing a single slope.