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8 am – Find a bakery, any bakery, and enjoy a poğaça (pastry filled with white cheese) and tea for breakfast.
9 am – Stroll seaside in the Ortaköy district and check out the booths and stalls selling local handmade items.
10 am – Visit Deli Kızın Yeri (the Crazy Lady’s Place) in the Grand Bazaar, run by expat American Linda, and featuring gifts, housewares, and more from across Turkey.
11 am – Browse the well-stocked Pandora bookstore in Taksim for titles in English, French, German, Turkish... If they don’t have what you’re looking for in-store, it’s bound to be on their website!
12 pm – Take a ferry up the Bosphorus to the Sakıp Sabancı Museum.
1 pm – Take in Ottoman culture at the Pera Museum.
2 pm – Spend a day on car-free Büyük Ada, one of the Princes’ Islands.
3 pm – Explore history at Kariye Cami Museum, the former Byzantine Church of Saint Saviour in Chora.
4 pm – Travel further back in time at Yerebatan Sarnıcı, an underground Roman cistern – there might even be a classical concert on, amongst the pillars and columns and Medusa heads!
5 pm – Follow the winding roads, spotting stray cats, down to Arnavutköy by the Bosphorus, for an ice cream.
6 pm – Feast yourself on Ottoman cooking for very little liras at Otantik Restaurant in Taksim.
7 pm – Visit the residential Levent district and treat yourself to köfte or a yarım puf (meat filled pastry) in the market square.
8 pm – Sample the bouquets at Viktor Levi’s wine bar at Tünel
By Deniz Bevan
Sorry about the links, Deniz (my fault!), but thanks for the great run-down! Now over to the American Midwest for a very different take on London...
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