A Foodie’s Guide to Arnavutkoy
Arnavutkoy is one of the great eating villages of the Bosphorus, and the foodie who passes through without stopping misses the point of the place.

Arnavutkoy is one of the great eating villages of the Bosphorus, and the foodie who passes through without stopping misses the point of the place.

Every visitor to Arnavutkoy walks the promenade, photographs the yalis, and eats by the water. Few of them climb the lanes, and fewer still find the village that hides behind the famous view.

Arnavutkoy has a reputation as one of the smarter addresses on the Bosphorus, but the reputation is only half the story.

Arnavutkoy has been feeding Istanbul for centuries, and its tables are part of the village’s identity.

Arnavutkoy is not the obvious place to sleep in Istanbul, and that is exactly its charm.

Arnavutkoy is a small village, but it concentrates more beauty per meter than almost anywhere in Istanbul.

Two days in Arnavutkoy is a slow dive into the most beautiful stretch of the Bosphorus.

Arnavutkoy is one of the most atmospheric stretches of the Bosphorus, a waterfront village tucked between the livelier districts of Besiktas and Bebek on Istanbul’s European shore.
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