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Walks in Pera.

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

Pera Palace, the Orient Express era, embassies, and the Crimean Memorial Church — old Europe in Istanbul.

Nearby

Other walks close to Pera.

Sorted by distance from the start of pera and tepebaşı: the grand-hotel quarter. Good for stitching together a longer day.

Skip the tourist spine. The real Beyoğlu is one street over — antique shops, passages, and the view from the tower.

Stepped streets, antique shops, the cats, and the mosque view that ends the day.

Two ferries, a palace, and a seafront walk that ends with a view of the bridge framing a mosque dome.

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