Asian Walk: From Kadikoy to Kuzguncuk

Tuesday, February 3rd at 10 am. 

Meeting point: Kadikoy Port (Besiktas Iskele)

This new walk of mine brings you to the colorful fish market and over to an unknown section of Kadikoy, Yeldegirman, with it's interesting 19th cent. architecture, and gigantic murals that have remained from an International festival last year.

From there we will go on to Kuzguncuk: A stroll through this quaint Bosphorus village, known for it's religious tolerance and traditional wooden houses. There is a Greek cemetery and if there is interest, we can visit to the local synagogue built in 1878.

Lunch in a family run restaurant. 

Bring your camera and wear comfy shoes.

Asian side walk Saturday Dec.13th

• Saturday at 10:00 4 days from now

• Meet at the Kadikoy pier (Besiktas port).

Kadikoy's murals, markets and back streets. Discovering Kuzguncuk, a Bosphorus village, a walk through it's Greek cemetery and traditional wooden houses. Lunch in a family run restaurant.
Bring your camera and wear comfy shoes.
+ lunch and dolmus fare

Asian Side of the Bosphorus

July 27th 2014 at 9.00

Meeting Point: Uskudar Port (Cem Bufe)

We will start early to avoid the heat, meeting in Uskudar at 9am,  and on to the picturesque tree lined village of Kuzguncuk, known for it's tolerance, traditional wooden architecture and Bohemian cafe lifestyle.

At 10:30 I have arranged for a small boat to pick us up in Cengelkoy, and we will go slowly up to Anadolu Kavagi, where the Bosphorus meets the Black Sea. Along the way, we can photograph the Yali's and palaces, stopping where we like. It will take roughly an hour and a half.

From Anadolu Kavagi we will take a bus back down to Kanlica, where we will have a home made lunch in the garden of the Turkish artist Fusun Ocal.After lunch, a short walk over to Hidriv Kasr, the art nouveau residence of the Egyptian Governor, where I will try to get permission to climb up the tower and we might find some brides posing for photographs in the rose garden. 

Lots of new stuff to see, different atmospheres and more Istanbul contrasts to photograph. Plus, it will be lots of fun. This trial trip will have some extra expenses, and is limited to only 6 people.
Please bring your Istanbul karts, comfy shoes, and your cameras.

45 TL for the boat and lunch. 

Additional expenses will be buses, minibuses to Kanlica and to return to Uskudar .

Please contact me with any questions and send me your phone number to confirm a place.

Asian Walk

Wednesday, March 19th at 9:30

Meeting Point: Uskudar Port (Cem Bufe)

A walk through Uskudar's back streets, in and out of mosques old and new, Islamic and Greek cemeteries, a possible synagogue, and the tree lined Bosphorus village of Kuzguncuk, over to Kadikoy and it's fish market and on to Moda's tea gardens and sea views. 

Lunch in a home cooking lokanta.

Asian Walk

                                               Monday, 16 December 2013 from 9:30 - 14:00

                                            Meeting Point: Üsküdar Port (by the flower sellers)

Join us through the back streets of Uskudar, it's historical mosques, cemeteries and
an Armenian church and over to the Bosphorus village of Kuzguncuk with it's many
cafes, traditional wooden buildings and an overgrown Greek cemetery.

Lunch in a local restaurant.