Tarabya to Yeniköy: embassy summer houses and the wooden yalıs
The old Greek summer-resort village where European embassies still keep their summer residences, walking south to Yeniköy. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Tarabya bus stop
The 25E from Kabataş along the sahil; Tarabya is one of the last stops before the bus turns toward Sarıyer. Step off at the bay; the marina is the immediate landmark, the embassies start on the hill behind you.

2. The summer-residence embassies
German, French, Italian — the major European powers all kept summer residences here from the late 19th c. The Sommerresidenz of the German Embassy is the best known; the compounds are closed to the public but the iron gates and the long stone walls are the period piece. Don't loiter for photos.

3. The walk south along the Bosphorus
Two and a half kilometres along the sahil from Tarabya to Yeniköy. The path follows the seawall; cars are the noise; the wooden yalı row builds gradually on the right as you go south, the strait widening behind you toward the Black Sea exit.

4. A historic Yeniköy yalı
Several of the wooden mansions along the Yeniköy seafront operate as events venues or have limited public access. Walk the row slowly; some carry plaques noting their builders or original families. The Spanish Embassy summer residence is also somewhere along this stretch.

5. Sait Halim Paşa Yalısı
The wooden mansion of the Ottoman grand vizier (1913–17), assassinated in Rome in December 1921. The yalı was restored in the 2000s as an events venue and restaurant; the lobby and grounds are usually visitable. Among the most famous of the surviving wooden Bosphorus yalıs.

6. Yeniköy İskelesi
The ferry south to Eminönü is forty-five quiet minutes along the upper Bosphorus. Or take the 25E bus back to Kabataş for a faster but louder return.

Tarabya to Yeniköy: embassy summer houses and the wooden yalıs