A Foodie’s Guide to Sariyer
Sariyer is a foodie’s district without trying to be one.

Sariyer is a foodie’s district without trying to be one.

Every guide to Sariyer mentions the ferry, the fish restaurants, and the forest, but the district keeps its best secrets a little further off the path.

Sariyer is one of the friendliest corners of Istanbul for a traveler on a budget. The ferries are affordable, the forests are free, the beaches cost nothing, and the best food in the district is often the cheapest.

The food of Sariyer is the food of the water: fresh fish, meze, and the famous flaky pastry called Sariyer böreği.

Sariyer is big for a neighborhood guide: a long Bosphorus coastline, a forested interior, and a Black Sea shore all sit inside one district.

Sariyer is the northernmost district of Istanbul’s European shore, a green wedge of coast, forest, and open sea where the Bosphorus meets the Black Sea.

Two days in Sariyer hits the perfect balance.

Sariyer sits at the far northern end of Istanbul’s European shore, where the Bosphorus widens into the Black Sea.
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