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Walks in Cağaloğlu.

One editor-picked walk through Cağaloğlu, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

Mahmud I's 1741 hamam, the surviving Ottoman government gate, and the streets where Istanbul's papers lived.

Nearby

Other walks close to Cağaloğlu.

Sorted by distance from the start of cağaloğlu: the hamam, the sublime porte, and the publishers' street. Good for stitching together a longer day.

Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Cistern — in the right order, at the right time. Dawn start, coffee break built in.

Fishermen, contemporary art, and baklava — three eras of Istanbul in one kilometre by the water.

The Camondo Stairs, the Genoese tower at golden hour, and the dervish lodge that closes the climb.

The Kapalıçarşı at nine in the morning — locals shopping, no tour groups, the architecture finally visible.