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Walks in Kumkapı.

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

The Armenian and Greek quarter on the south side — fish meyhanes in covered passages, the patriarchates around them.

Nearby

Other walks close to Kumkapı.

Sorted by distance from the start of kumkapı: meyhanes, patriarchates, and the istanbul most miss. Good for stitching together a longer day.

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

Sinan's masterpiece, his own tomb in the garden, and the old book bazaar to close the morning.

Sinan's apprentice mosque, a boza shop since 1876, and the Byzantine Pantokrator on the next street.

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