Suggested Time to Visit 

Spring Season with temperatures around 70 F / 21 C

Suggested Length of Visit

5 Days & 4 Nights

Travel Advisory

Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

• Grand Bazaar
• Hagia Sophia
• Blue Mosque
• Basilica Cistern
• Spice Market
• Caddesi Avenue
• Taksim Square
• Hippodrome
• Istanbul Modern Art Museum
• Topkapi Palace
• Sulaimaniye Mosque
• Karakoy
• Balat
• Chora Church
• Eyup Sultan Mosque
• Yedikule Fortress
• Galata Bridge
• Bebek District
• Neve Shalom
• Maiden's Tower
• Cengelkoy Village
• Vialand Theme Park
• Istanbul Archaeology Museums
• Dolmahbahce Palace
• Beyazit Square
• Aga Mosque
• Camlica Hill

• Ferry ride in Bosphorus
• Drink Turkish coffee
• Picnic in Gulhane Park
• Religious Ceremony at mosques
• Traditional Turkish Bath in hammam
• Ride the funicular
• Try street food
• Watch Galatasaray football
• Eat Turkish breakfast
• Indulge Turish ice cream
• Shop for Turkish rugs
• Eat fresh fish sandwiches
• Savor Turkish pizza-lahmacun
• Smoke hookah (an Ottoman "tradition")
• Turkish delights!

Restaurants

• Kiyi Restaurant
• Araka
• Apartiman Yenikoy
• Bi Nevi Deli
• Aman da Bravo
• Petra Roasting Co
• Alaf Kurucesme
• Turk Faith Tutak
• Mahir Lokantasi
• Tatbak
• Adana Ocakbasi

Bars

• Efendi
• Solera Winery
• The Populist
• Karabatak
• Babylon
• Corlulu Ali Pasa Medresesi
• Viktor Levi
• Sensus
• Finn Karakoy
• Nevizade Street
• Kronotrop