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Choose IST or SAW by neighborhood, not by “city centre”
Compare IST and SAW connections to Taksim, Sultanahmet and Kadıköy, with practical metro, coach and taxi routes.
4 min read ·Istanbul · Türkiye
Know your side of Istanbul.
Neighborhoods, ferry crossings and practical plans for a city on two shores.
Find your bearings
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A little local knowledge.
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Buy an İstanbulkart, add credit and plan your transfers
How visitors buy and reload an İstanbulkart, separate card cost from travel credit, and plan connections without assuming anonymous-card transfer discounts.
3 min read ·Istanbul Finder
Get to know the city.
Then make it your own.
Istanbul Finder publishes researched guides to Istanbul: neighborhood choices, practical connections and city days that fit together. We use named sources, explain tradeoffs and separate checked facts from suggestions.
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