Galata Tower

Downhill from the popular Taksim area, are the small neighbourhoods of Karakoy and Beyoglu. Within these areas, you can find the famous Genoese Galata tower with its stunning panoramic view from the top but anyone with a fear of heights will be immensely disturbed by the lack of crowd control, dodgy safety bars and the view of a 63 metre drop.

The streets are lined with boutique hotels, Jewish synagogues, the Jewish museum, quirky shops, the Istanbul modern art museum and head further downhill to reach Galata Bridge, famous for its fishermen and floating fish boats.