Explore More Issue 18

TRAVEL
ASITANE £££
This sophisticated garden restaurant
attached to the Kariye Hotel offers
an authentic and delicious taste of
Ottoman Turkey. Dishes include
Mahmudiye; a slow-cooked chicken
stew served with rice and lava.
Insider Tips
ARCADIA BLUE HOTEL £££
If you only manage one rooftop
drink in Istanbul, make sure it's
at this hotel bar. Go after dinner to
experience the romantic twinkling
lights of the old city and the Sea of
Marmara at night.
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MIKLA ££££
An early champion of the food
movement called New Anatolian,
Mikla serves up dishes celebrating
the best of Turkish ingredients
in a distinctly European setting.
The rooftop views are especially
romantic as the sun starts to dip
below the city skyline.
STREET-SIDE BITES
There's a hidden culinary
delight at every turn in
Istanbul; don’t shy away
from hole-in-the-wall
flatbread joints like Halil
Lahmacun, near Kadikoy
market, for a quick snack
at any time of the day.
BUILDING BRIDGES
It’s worth lingering on
Galata Bridge – not only
does it span the Golden
Horn, a harbour and inlet
of the Bosphorus, but it
is also where fishermen
gather for fun creating
quite a spectacle.
MYSTICAL MOMENTS
To better understand the
Sufi community and hear
the story of Sufism, head
to a Whirling Dervish
ceremony (or sema) in
one of the city’s Sufi
monasteries or at the
Galata Mevlevi Museum.
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