destinations
the Bosporus at the Sea of Marmara and in the
other direction, the Golden Horn harbor snaking
westward through European soil. Mosque turrets
and high rises pierce the sky, declaring Istanbul
Caglar, the duo credited with helping to
revolutionize the city’s design scene. They are
also the creative minds behind the hip House
Cafés and the Muzedechanga restaurant at
a city with an illustrious past, but an equally
the Sakip Sabanci Museum, the exhibition
important present.
site of 135 Picasso works shown together for
Descending to the Galata Bridge, we pass
the first time in 2005. Situated in the modern
the famous Sirkeci Station, opened in 1890
annex of an old villa, this hot spot offers fine
as the Constantinople depot for the Paris-
dining, a fantastic Bosporus vista and an
bound Orient Express. I catch a glimpse of
interior designed to evoke an Ankara living
the impressive New Mosque and its bustling
room from the 1960s or 1970s.
Spice Bazaar nearby. Crossing the bridge
My next stop is trendy Nisantasi, the quarter
full of fishermen and street vendors, I arrive
north of Taksim Square, where chic boutiques,
in the newer part of Istanbul, Beyoglu,
gourmet cafes, high-end hotels and pastry
traditionally the most liberal and European
shops line the streets. Beymen, the stylish
area of Turkey. Here one can still feel the ghost
upscale department store advertised around
of Old Europe, where shops on Istiklal Caddesi
town by the likes of Kate Moss, is inspiring in its
(Independence Avenue) once marked
product displays alone. Just around the corner
Istanbul as “the Paris of the East.”
is the newly opened Sofa Hotel, boasting its
Though Beyoglu’s architecture is
own contemporary art gallery and Turkish arts
predominantly 19
th
century, it is one of the
promoter, Art* 8. Its generous lobby, cafe and
city’s most contemporary and inspiring
bookstore reinterpret the traditional Grand
neighborhoods. It boasts the Autoban
Hotel with an invitation to rest from the buzz of
showroom of Seyhan Ozdemir and Sefer
the streets below.
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