Istanbul’s grand pedestrian boulevard, a 1.5km parade running through Beyoğlu from Taksim Square to the Galata Tower area. Lined with international and Turkish fashion, bookshops, cafes, cinemas, patisseries and passages — with the historic red tram trundling down the middle — it’s the busy, buzzing spine of the modern city, day and night.
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İstiklal Cd, Beyoğlu, Istanbul · grand pedestrian shopping street · fashion, cafes, historic tram · buzzing