Istiklal Street (Istiklal Avenue) is a must-see attraction for all visitors visiting Istanbul. Istiklal Thoroughfare, also known as "Independence Caddesi,” is a 1.5-kilometer-long colorful pedestrian street and magnificent boulevard that runs through Beyoglu and is lined with stores, restaurants, cafés,
Beyoglu is Istanbul's most European neighborhood, with many tourist attractions. Given that Beyoglu is Istanbul's most busy neighborhood now, it's difficult to picture it as forestland where Ottoman sultans used to go hunting. Until the final century of the Ottoman