The Best Day Trips from Karakoy
Karakoy sits at the water’s edge of Istanbul — the piers at the quarter’s feet, the bridge to the old city, the ferries to the Asian side — which makes it the perfect base for day trips.
The Best Day Trips from Sisli
Sisli sits at the heart of Istanbul’s transport network — the metro lines, the bus routes, and the ferry piers of the Bosphorus all within reach — which makes it the perfect base for day trips.
The Best Day Trips from Fatih
Fatih is the historic heart of Istanbul, and its position — the old city on the peninsula, the water on two sides, the transport at the center — makes it the natural base for the day trips that open up the rest…
The Best Day Trips from Uskudar
Uskudar sits on the Asian Bosphorus shore at the very center of the city’s water network, which makes it one of the best launch points in Istanbul for day trips.
The Best Day Trips from Besiktas
Besiktas sits at the heart of the Bosphorus, which makes it one of the best launch points in Istanbul for day trips.
The Best Day Trips from Kadikoy
Kadikoy is more than a neighborhood — it is the Asian side’s great transport hub, and the launch point for a set of day trips that most visitors never consider because they are too busy looking at the European side.
The Best Day Trips from Beyoglu
Beyoglu sits at the northern end of Istanbul’s transport web, which makes it one of the best bases in the city for day trips: the ferries dock at Karaköy and Kabataş at its feet, the metro and the funiculars…
The Best Day Trips from Sultanahmet
Sultanahmet is a superb base for a week of Istanbul, partly because the city around it is enormous and partly because so much of it is reachable in a day.
