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This is the most pleasant of all Istanbul hamams. You can stretch out flat on the huge round navel stone, and dreamily gaze at t...

Women dressed in traditional costumes sit cross-legged rolling out paper-thin dough and tossing cheese and spinach-filled Gözleme

Gedikpasa was built in 1457 by one of the viziers of Mehmet the Conqueror. This makes it one of Istanbul's oldest hamams. It's not quite...

Blaring techno bounces around the walls of this underground water cistern dating back to late Roman times (circa 500 AD). The place was o...

This is the most famous of Istanbul's many hamams. It has remained more or less unchanged since it was built on the orders of Sultan Mahm...

The Kösk dates back to the 15th century. It's located a little way up the hill from Gülhane Park—a bit out of the way, but very easy to f...

Housed in a former printworks, the atmospheric Rumeli Café was transformed into a café-restaurant by the owners of the Noma...

Börek is something that can be eaten at any time of the day. These pastry triangles come in many forms, either stuffed with minc...

In summer, several candle-lit tables are set up on the pavement in an attempt to catch a cool breeze. Come wintertime, guests retreat ins...

Sultanahmet is painfully short of high-quality eateries, but Tarihi has a constant stream of locals and tourists queuing out the door and...

This charming restaurant is located on a tiny pedestrian street in a traditional Turkish house. The menu offers a vast range of simple, t...

With its business center, conference facilities, and fully equipped meeting room, the stately Eresin Crown hopes to attract b...

This restaurant is named after the Turkish impressionist, Uluer Rami, whose works grace the walls. It's located in a renovated Ottoman ho...

The Kathisma is easily recognisable by its picturesque colored mosaic gracing the front wall and entrance. Located in a Byzantine vault n...

The Apricot Hotel is the perfect example of why inexpensive doesn't have to mean cheap. Hakan, the owner, is bucking the tren...

You'll find the Eski Ingiliz Karakolu in a former British prison (hence the restaurant's name, translated into Turkish) in the historic G...

Originally designed as a mosque kitchen to feed the Ottoman city's multifarious down-and-out, this place is still in good working order a...