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desserts 7-8; 7.30am-10pm Mon-Fri, 10am-10pm Sat; ; Karaköy, then funicular to Tünel)
This chic but casual cafe located on one of the city's most fashionable streets would look
equally at home in Soho, Seattle or Sydney. Part of the İstanbul Culinary Institute, it offers
a limited lunch menu that changes daily and a more- sophisticated dinner menu that
makes full use of seasonal products. Prices are a steal considering the quality of the food.
Neighbourhood Walk: Galatasaray to Galata
START
GALATASARAY LYCÉE
FINISH
SALT GALATA
DISTANCE
1.4KM
DURATION
TWO HOURS
lic school located on the busy corner of İstiklal and Yeniçarşı Caddesis. Established in 1868 by
Sultan Abdül Aziz, it educates the sons of İstanbul's elite.
Walking south down İstiklal, you'll pass the neo-Gothic
St Anthony's Cathedral
on your left.
Built between 1906 and 1911, it is one of two churches fronting the street in this stretch.
Further south are two of the city's newest and most exciting gallery spaces -
SALT Beyoğlu
and
ARTER
. Both are housed in historic buidings that have been imaginatively adapted.
Just before ARTER is the
Netherlands Consulate General
, a handsome 1855 building by the
Swiss-born Fossati Brothers, who designed many buildings for Sultan Abdülmecit I.
After passing the
Russian Consulate
, another grand embassy designed by the Fossati brothers,
veer left down Kumbaracı Caddesi and then into the first street on your right.
