Özgür Ozan’s guidebook
Souvenirs and gifts
A great graphics business for souvenirs & gifts. My friend Fatih is the designer behind all those beautiful and witty art. You'll recognize it from the famous "They call it chaos, we call it home" graphic.
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Aponia Store
No:101A Galip Dede Cd.A great graphics business for souvenirs & gifts. My friend Fatih is the designer behind all those beautiful and witty art. You'll recognize it from the famous "They call it chaos, we call it home" graphic.
Sports and wellbeing
You know, the best gym is the closest one to your place. Noa Gym is just across the building and available for daily access starting from 7 a.m every day. I personally use there for my training routine. A compact gym with all necessary machines, seperate cardio and plates areas, and a small spa.
13 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Noa Gym
You know, the best gym is the closest one to your place. Noa Gym is just across the building and available for daily access starting from 7 a.m every day. I personally use there for my training routine. A compact gym with all necessary machines, seperate cardio and plates areas, and a small spa.
Nightlife, bars and clubs
One of the best bars for locals living in Beyoglu. Check there to get a glimpse of the bohemian and hectic street bar culture of İstanbul.
17 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Ziba
No:10 Akansu SkOne of the best bars for locals living in Beyoglu. Check there to get a glimpse of the bohemian and hectic street bar culture of İstanbul.
Urban is the best bar-restaurant to chill on a cosy street with good quality food and drinks. On hot summer days, vine trellis covering the street helps particularly. As its name suggests it is a gathering point for the urban dwellers of the Galata and Cihangir area, as a good starting point before more drinks and fun.
55 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Urban Cafe
No:6/A Galatasaray Kartal sokUrban is the best bar-restaurant to chill on a cosy street with good quality food and drinks. On hot summer days, vine trellis covering the street helps particularly. As its name suggests it is a gathering point for the urban dwellers of the Galata and Cihangir area, as a good starting point before more drinks and fun.
Consejos sobre la ciudad
Cómo moverse
You need an Istanbul Card for all public transport.
You could buy İstanbul Card from ticket kiosks at stations, which is 6 TL. You could also toll money by the same kiosks. Unfortunately, you need a card per person because of the pandemy regulations and each card has to be paired with an individual HES number (Turkish Government's Covid tracking system). Here is the detailed instructions: https://help.unhcr.org/turkey/2021/01/14/mandatory-linkage-of-istanbulcard-with-hes-code-istanbul-metropolitan-municipality/
Cómo moverse
Don't get scammed, take taxies from Taxi stations!
The most reliable and cheapest way to get a taxi is through the taxi stations. Random taxies from the street might be problematic for tourists because of overcharging. I particularly recommend Karaköy Turizm Taksi station for airport transfers. Istanbul airport costs almost 160 TL.
Cómo moverse
Airport transportion
For Sabiha, I personally choose
1. to take a ferry from Karaköy to Kadıköy first
2.then taking a shuttle from Kadıköy to the Sabiha airport
Shuttle station is 5 minutes walk from Kadıköy pier. You could use the same route to come from the airport as well. Just reverse the algorithm. The shuttle fee is 14 TL.
For İstanbul Airport you could use shuttles departing from Taksim square. Which is 35 TL. But I'll recommend taking a cap instead. The average fee should be around 160 TL between my place and the Ist Airport. You could take it from Karaköy Turizm Taksi