Had a street hustler act like he was helping fill my Istanbulkart and he did not. He acted like the machine was not working so we switched machines. Later I saw I had two charges to my bank account and my Istanbulkart had not been charged. I laugh about it. He probably had an accomplice stepping up after and loading their card. I learned my lesson. Update: Reported to my bank and the Belbim Istanbulkart company refund my money including the Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustment. 🎉

Avoiding over friendly people is the best advice. For restaurants, shops, bars etc. Something to also remember is the economy is terrible right now and I feel how stressed people are. After 20 years of visiting Istanbul it’s still one of my favorite cities to visit.

Thank you so much. So helpful 🎉

Stop using taxis. Use public transportation instead, it is not difficult to understand. Taxi drivers will scam you. Be careful and enjoy Istanbul :)

Thanks from Vietnam for your helpful video, I will visit alone to Istanbul next month and my flight will arrive at 22:00 and i plan to used metro to Hagia Sophia. Is Istanbul safe for a girl at midnight??? Tks for taking your time to see my question❤❤❤

Looking forward to my trip Fall 2024

The swallowing sounds on this video... yuk🤢🤮

Hello Istanbul Hacks, I am a woman traveling to Istanbul with my daughter. Which uber taxi should I take while carrying 3 full-size luggage bags ?

Back to your country 😂 😂

I don't want refugees in my country 🤬

I just love your style. So chill and relaxed. ❤

I've already been to Istanbul and, yes the public transportation is great. Your explanation is absolutely amazing and the same for the other your contents 👍

which is the best network simcard to be purchased & could you please give some detail about it as we are travelling there in 2 days

I would agree not staying in sultahahmet as very expensive. However would disagree to promote tourist staying in Asia side as we went there, public transport and English language is a problem.

Bro! Thank you so much for this information👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I will subscribe)))) it costs 121 lira.

Which taxi is the best to go city centre

How much is the ticket? Show us the timetable. Where does it arrive to?... we need more information!!!

What about beylikduzu? Do we find beylikduzu buses?

can I buy Istanbul City Cards (x days Unlimited + Museums) from the same machines?

Next to Taksim metro makes a lot of sense just because of all the places you can easily reach by public transit. Kadikoy is also a safe bet.

What station is close to Galata Port for cruise ships tourist?

Love love love this video!!!

Amazing video, so easy to understand❤

Merhaba Kardish, the map overlay guide schematics is excellent, and you have explained well, BUT to really “see” with a genuine historical perspective, and to literally walk through history, whilst stepping back in time, you cannot do justice in even three days. Istanbul, is in my view is the single most diverse city on this planet in terms of layers of history, and weaves of true multi-cultures. Yes the areas you have pointed out to stay on the Asian side are definitely nicer, but they are just like any good North American suburb, I, personally, am not interested in that, I have enough if it already. I have “properly seen” all the major cities of Europe in the proper spirit to really see, and none of them compare to Istanbul. Further, food in SultanAhmet is not a huge issue either, you can find pretty good food at decent prices in the SultanAhmet. Yes, on the Asian side it is even more economical, and almost every place has excellent food, but food quality in SultanAhmet is pretty decent; definitely you cannot find this quality of food anywhere in Europe. Of course Asian side food just gets even better. Warm regards.

Istanbul is truly safe and Turks are amazing people.

Ciao, sarò a Istanbul il 30 settembre, vorrei sapere, se possibile, dall'aeroporto di Sabiha Gokçen devo arrivare a Dizdariye Çesmesi cosa mi consigli?

How long does the journey take to get from the airport to the Sultanahmet area?

Great video

Pleasant and gentle informative presentation.. even for me as an Arab living in Istanbul:))... Allah bless & all the best..

Great video. I looked at all of your videos. Helpful in planning my trip. Thanks!

the metrobus system is crazy, a bus every few seconds

Can you mention the approx costs for Havaist option and Metro option. Full costs will be helpful. Breakup costs even better

Thanks for the infos. We’ll be arriving after midnight in IST. Per the price board you showed, it’s 1050TL to Sultahnamet. Am I reading it right? Is that the price too after midnight? Thanks in advance

Which area is good for buying perfumes near Sultanahmet / Sisli

Taxi is the main scam in Istanbul, they agree with little money then start changing route because it is traffic and 10 mile journey ll end up 35 miles or 50 miles and meter is keep running

If you're a tourist staying near the touristy area is best especially if you have only less than a week because you'd spend more time and money going around if you stay far. You can also tour the Asian side for one day, Taksim one day, and etc in a day. Save for travel .

So you have to tap your card whenever you connect to a new route?

great intel! very helpful! Cant wait!

NICE INFO

Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'...... .....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :) In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name, partially or fully. Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages, but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :) Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's. The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to', just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc. Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on. Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old. Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye' we got various spellings like; Turq-uía (in Spanish), Turch-ia (in Italian), Turq-uie (in French) Turk-ei (in German) Turk-ey (in English) Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German, but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years. Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)

From yenikapi station, it is also very easy to go to ferry port (IDO).

I am following your videos before coming to Istanbul soon because they are very useful. I Have a question and please waiting your answer. If I want to go from Taksim for example to Kabatas, so I will pay for every connection? or the first ticket will be ok for the second step to Kabatas? for example here in Canada, if you get a bus going somewhere, there is something called "transfer" like a small paper help me within 2 hours I will use same first ticket without paying any extra money until my last destination, whatever buses I use. Do you have similar in Istanbul please? thank you!

You are the best ever!!! thank you for this very helpful video, I am planning to visit Istanbul soon.

Thank you very much for this useful information.

Are you still in Istanbul?

Thank you so much for your excellent explanation. A very useful video, especially for someone who will visit Istanbul for the first time like myself ❤

very useful istanbul transpotion videos .now istanbul airport gayrettepe line is open

I took good advantage of your videos and im in istanbul now for i dont know how many times and my advice to all travellers just be positive and optimistc istanbul is a very beautiful and clean city dont think of everyone is gonna scam you just be kind and smile and enjoy your stay and eventually be cautious as you do in your city That's all about it 😊

Planning a trip to Istanbul in September. Do I need to make a reservation in advance for that shooting range?

Turquoise taxis have better seats and stitching. They are definitely not the same as Yellow ones.