Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Church of St Stephen of the Bulgars
B3
3
Eyüp Sultan Mosque
A1
4
B4
5
Kariye Museum
A3
6
B2
Eating
7
Köfteci Arnavut
B4
8
Tarihi Haliç İşkembecisi
C4
Drinking & Nightlife
9
Pierre Loti Café
A1
TOP SIGHTS
RAHMI M KOÇ MUSEUM
This splendid museum is dedicated to the history of transport, industry and commu-
nications in Turkey. Its collection of artefacts from İstanbul's industrial past is
highly eclectic, giving the impression of being a grab-bag of cool stuff collected
over the decades or donated to the museum by individuals, organisations or com-
panies who didn't know what else to do with it. This might sound like we're
damning the museum with faint praise, but this is far from the case - in fact, we
highly recommend a visit, particularly if you are travelling with children.
The museum is in two parts: a new building on the Golden Horn side of the road
and a superbly restored and converted Byzantine stone building opposite. The ex-
hibits concerned with forms of transport are particularly fascinating: you can sit in a
