Journal
What we write about the city, the building and around it.
Galata
48 hours in Galata
What you can do in two days without ever getting into a taxi — from the morning coffee to midnight, with the hills accounted for.
August 2, 20265 min read
Galata
The streets of Galata: seeing it without the tower
How to see Galata without going up the tower — five streets, what is on them, and the order to walk them in.
July 7, 20264 min read
Galata
Karaköy: coffee, fish and the quay
Five minutes downhill: what the old port district is now, and how to spend an afternoon in it.
June 25, 20264 min read
Galata
A rainy day in Galata
Istanbul gets a lot of rain in winter, and the cobbles are genuinely slippery when wet. A day close enough to walk and full enough to spend indoors.
June 19, 20265 min read
Galata
Galata to Cihangir: one hill, two neighbourhoods
A twenty-minute walk, one avenue in the middle, and at the end the most comfortable neighbourhood in Istanbul to sit down in. Cats included.
June 4, 20265 min read