istanbul · an area
Walks in Rumelihisarı.
One walking route through Rumelihisarı — a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk — plus nearby routes for the same morning.
Nearby
Other walks close to Rumelihisarı.
Sorted by distance from the start of rumelihisarı and aşiyan: the fortress and the poet's hill. Good for stitching together a longer day.
heritagewaterfront3 km · 75 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Anadolu Hisarı and Göksu: the older, smaller fortress
Bayezid I's 1394 fortress at the Bosphorus's narrowest stretch, looking across at Rumelihisarı.

waterfrontvillagey3 km · 75 min · Moderate· Claude-drafted
Bebek to Arnavutköy: the yalı sahil
Two Bosphorus villages connected by a kilometre and a half of painted wooden waterfront mansions.

parklandwaterfront5 km · 110 min · Strenuous· Claude-drafted
Emirgan to Sarıyer: tulip park, calligraphy museum, fish lunch
Emirgan's tulip park, the Sabancı's Ottoman calligraphy, and the sahil walk north to Sarıyer for fish.
food-forwardwaterfront3.5 km · 75 min · Strenuous· Claude-drafted
Çengelköy: the kahvaltı village to Beylerbeyi Palace
Three-hour Turkish breakfast under the plane tree, then a sahil walk south to Beylerbeyi Palace.