Hello everyone! In today's video we're gonna show you another beautiful neighborhood that we can
find here in istanbul. This part is located in the European side of the city and it's called
Arnavutköy. This neighborhood is very picturesque and also is very famous for its
old Ottoman mansions and you can find many many nice places to see around.
So we'll be showing you each one of them right now.
To go to this area from Sultanahmet, take the tram to Kabataş direction, get off at that
same station and take either the bus number 22 or 25E . From Taksim either the 40, 40T, or 42T will take you directly there.
Arnavutköy means "Albanian village" and it received this name because in the 19th century
during the reign of sultan Abdülmecid many men were brought from Albania to Istanbul
to help pave the streets and they were settled here during that time.
Now here is famous for its good seafood restaurants, colorful streets and houses,
and it's vibrant environment especially on weekends.
Just as Kuzguncuk or Balat, this neighborhood is also multicultural
since once its population was mainly made of Armenians, Greeks and Jewish communities.
Here we can also find churches and mosques together,
many colorful and picturesque wooden villas dating back to the Ottoman empire.
On Instagram, there is a famous spot of one street where the Camlica mosque can be
seen, well, that street is precisely here.
We decided to come to this seafood restaurant called Adem Baba,
we ordered a shrimp butter skillet, fish stew, and eggplant salad which by the way was really good!
At the end, we also got something sweet, we chose helva. In Turkey, it's common that after eating
fish we also get helva. This sweet can also be found in many other countries in the Middle East,
central Asia, Balkans, and few others.
After Arnavutköy, we are walking towards Bebek
which is another beautiful neighborhood here in this side and it's very very close you can just
walk along the sea side and you can really enjoy all these beautiful views even over there we
can see also the famous Rumeli Fortress which if you are here in this area we highly recommend you
visiting it, you will have stunning views from the second bridge, the Bosphorus and the Asian side
and basically here you won't find many places like museums or stuff like that like monuments
as in the historical peninsula but you will get to have a glance of the local life and
this is an amazing neighborhood to come and relax after the bustling parts of Istanbul.
This park, especially during summer season is crowded with locals who come here with
their children to enjoy near the seaside it's a good place to come and spend a relaxing time.
There are also many cafes and good restaurants with great views from the Bosphorus where you
can just sit and enjoy.
This area is also one of the most expensive ones to live in Istanbul.
Here you can also take a ferry from Bebek pier back to Eminonu or Besiktas, just make
sure to take a look into the timetable because they do not depart very often during the day.
These were two other neighborhoods where you can forget about the bustling environment from the
historical peninsula, here you can just walk, enjoy, you can see many mansions, you can walk
along the seaside, and have amazing views along with local people. Hopefully you
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