Budget · 3-hour walk · Istanbul
Kadıköy and Moda in three hours
The ferry across to Asia, Kadıköy's market streets, its art deco opera house and the seafront of Moda at sunset.
The best way to cross from Europe to Asia is the commuter ferry, twenty minutes for the price of a bus ticket. Kadıköy, where it lands, is where Istanbul's students and writers moved, and its market streets are the best place in the city to eat. This route takes the ferry, eats through the market and walks down to Moda's seafront for the sunset over the old city.
The route, stop by stop
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Ferry from Eminönü
Take the ferry to Kadıköy. Sit on the open deck for the view back to the Topkapı Palace and Hagia Sophia, and buy a glass of tea on board.
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Kadıköy Market
Arrive by ferry from the previous stop
The streets behind the pier are a market of fishmongers, pickle shops, delis and meyhanes. Çiya Sofrası, on Güneşlibahçe Sokak, cooks Anatolian dishes rarely found elsewhere in the city.
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Bahariye Caddesi
Kadıköy's shopping street, with the Süreyya Opera House, an art deco theatre of 1927.
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Moda
The seafront park and tea gardens of Moda look across the water to the skyline of the old city, best at sunset.
40 min here Walk here →
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