Maiden's Tower at sunset in front of the city

Moments

7 Moments

Small things to do and remember, at the time they work best.

The Bosphorus Bridge and the shore lights at dusk
Arrive on the 10:30 from KabataşFifteen minutes up the Bosphorus, and you step off into a village square instead of a traffic jam.
Kuzguncuk · Water & Green
The Bosphorus Bridge and the shore lights at dusk
Have a tea under the plane tree by the waterOrder a tea, then do nothing at all while the light changes over the water.
Kuzguncuk · Listen to the City
Galata Tower above the rooftops of Beyoğlu, seagulls in the sky
Take breakfast before the street wakes upİcadiye at nine is a neighbourhood street.
Kuzguncuk · Eat & Drink
A ferry passing behind a blossoming tree on the Bosphorus
Take your coffee into the gardenA takeaway coffee on the grass amphitheatre of a garden that a whole neighbourhood fought for.
Kuzguncuk · Listen to the City
A ferry passing behind a blossoming tree on the Bosphorus
Book a window table for rakı and fishA long meyhane evening at the water's edge, with the ferries' lights going past the window.
Kuzguncuk · Eat & Drink
A ferry in the haze with the domes and minarets of the old city behind
Watch the cross go into the BosphorusAfter the liturgy a procession walks to the pier.
Kuzguncuk · History & Layers
A ferry passing behind a blossoming tree on the Bosphorus
Walk the backstreets before the camerasThe painted steps and bay-windowed houses, with nobody posing in front of them.
Kuzguncuk · Listen to the City