istanbul · an area
Walks in Heybeliada.
One editor-picked walk through Heybeliada, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Nearby
Other walks close to Heybeliada.
Sorted by distance from the start of heybeliada: the village, the naval school, the closed seminary. Good for stitching together a longer day.
woodlandviews6 km · 150 min · Strenuous· Claude-drafted
Büyükada: wooden mansions and the monastery climb
The car-free island — ferry, wooden mansions, pine forest, and the monastery at the summit.
marketwaterfront3.5 km · 75 min · Easy
Kadıköy: market to Moda sahil
The slow morning on the Asian side — fish market, a cup of tea, and the water at your left the whole way home.
heritagewaterfront3 km · 75 min · Strenuous· Claude-drafted
Cankurtaran: the Marmara sea walls and the lighthouse
The sea-walls counterpart to Yedikule — Byzantine sea defences, a working lighthouse, Hagia Sophia from below.
food-forwardheritage2.5 km · 75 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Kumkapı: meyhanes, patriarchates, and the Istanbul most miss
The Armenian and Greek quarter on the south side — fish meyhanes in covered passages, the patriarchates around them.