Places
- Topkapı Palace
- Hagia Sophia
- Blue Mosque
- Basilica Cistern (long queue, book online to skip)
- Bazar
- Süleymaniye Mosque
- Greek high school
- ortodox iron church
- Galata tower
- Maiden’s Tower (Kiz Kulesi)
- Dolmabahçe Palace
- Ortakoy Mosque
Museums
- resim painting museum
- pera museum
- innocence museum
Neighborhoods
and remember to use the ferry to move at least once!
- Taksim (I like Sahne sk.)
- Kadikoy and Moda
- Beşiktaş & fish market
- Bebek (walk on the seaside)
- Boğaziçi (university district)
- Princes’s islands (requires a full day, ferry from Kabataş, Beşiktaş, Bostancı)
Food
- çay
- turkish coffee
- ayran
- sahlep
- Șalgam
- nar suyu (pomgrenade juice)
- turkish breakfast
- adana kebab
- tantuni
- lahmacun (w/ sheep)
- iskender
- sarma (leaves roll, or dolma)
- pide (w/ cheese)
- çiğkofte
- borek
- manti
- gozleme
- simit
- mydie (mussels w/ rice)
- lentil soup
- raki
Desserts
- baklava
- sütlü kadayıf (milky dessert)
- katmer (pistach square dessert)
- lokum
- trilece (milky cake)
- helva (sweet with sesami)
- sutlac (simil to arroz doce)
- kűnefe (cheesy sweet)
If you have any correction/suggestion, I’m happy if you contact me.