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Overview

The high-octane hub of eating, drinking and entertainment in the city, 叠别测辞臒濒耻 is where visitors and locals come in search of good restaurants and bars, live-music venues, hip hotels and edgy boutiques. Built around the major boulevard of 陌stiklal Caddesi, it incorporates a mix of bohemian residential districts such as 脟ukurcuma and Cihangir, bustling entertainment enclaves such as Asmal谋mescit, and historically rich pockets such as Galata and Karak枚y that have morphed into style centres.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Museum of Innocence

    Museum of Innocence

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    The painstaking attention to detail in this fascinating museum/piece of conceptual art will certainly provide every amateur psychologist with a theory or鈥�

  • Turkey, Istanbul Modern, Turkeys premier modern art gallery showcasing contemporary international art and photography.

    陌stanbul Modern

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    This lavishly funded and innovative museum has an extensive collection of Turkish art and also stages a constantly changing and uniformly excellent鈥�

  • Pera Museum

    Pera Museum

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    There's plenty to see at this impressive museum, but its major draw is undoubtedly the 2nd-floor exhibition of paintings featuring Turkish Orientalist鈥�

  • 陌stiklal Caddesi

    陌stiklal Caddesi

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    Once called the Grand Rue de Pera but renamed 陌stiklal (Independence) in the early years of the Republic, 叠别测辞臒濒耻's premier boulevard is a perfect鈥�

  • Galata Mevlevi House Museum

    Galata Mevlevi House Museum

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    The semahane (whirling-dervish hall) at the centre of this tekke (dervish lodge) was erected in 1491 and renovated in 1608 and 2009. It's part of a鈥�

  • Galata Tower.

    Galata Tower

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    The cylindrical Galata Tower stands sentry over the approach to 'new' 陌stanbul. Constructed in 1348, it was the tallest structure in the city for鈥�

  • French Cultural Centre on 陌stiklal Caddesi

    陌stanbul Frans谋z K眉lt眉r Merkezi

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    Set in a distinctive yellow building just off Taksim Square, the French Cultural Centre in 陌stanbul hosts regular art exhibitions (with a particular focus鈥�

  • Fish Market

    Fish Market

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    Located opposite the grandiose entrance to the 1868 Galatasaray Lyc茅e, one of the city's most prestigious educational institutions, this much-loved鈥�

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