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Essentials about Istiklal Avenue in brief

Three million people on one street? Yes, you read that right! That’s how many people turn up every day on Istanbul’s No. 1 shopping street – Istiklal Caddesi (meaning “Independence Street”). With its many stores, art galleries, theaters, mosques, churches, synagogues, cafes, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, Istiklal Caddesi is definitely worth a stroll, and not just for shopaholics.

The location and architecture of Istiklal Avenue

Istiklal Caddesi is located in the Beyoğlu district and runs for 1.4 kilometers from Tünel Square via Galatasaray Square to Taksim Square. The street, which has only been a pedestrian zone since the early 1990s, is Istanbul’s main shopping street by day and one of the centers of Istanbul’s nightlife by night.

A number of European embassies, now consulates, were located along it during the Ottoman Empire. It was also the center of cosmopolitan, Western-oriented Istanbul. Many Art Nouveau elements in the shopping arcades and on the store fronts bear witness to this Western orientation. The entire length of Istiklal Caddesi is covered by the route of a revived historic tramway.

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Getting there

By public transport:

Metro line 2: Stop Şişhane or Taksim

Funicular line F2: Stop Beyoğlu

By car:

The nearest parking garage is Tepebasi Storey Car Park.