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İstiklal Avenue
Istanbul's grand pedestrian boulevard, lined with nineteenth-century facades, shops and cafes.
- Editor's score
- 4.4
- Visit
- 1 h 30
- Price
- Free
About
Once the Grande Rue de Péra, the avenue was the cosmopolitan centre of the city's European quarter. A red historic tram runs its length past embassies, churches, arcades and cinemas, and the side streets are full of bars, bookshops and meyhane taverns.
Best time to go: Walk from Taksim Square down to Galata in the evening, when the avenue is at its liveliest.
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