Sishane and Tophane Istanbul

Sishane is fast becoming popular with Istanbul ’s trendsetters and the upmarket district of Tepebasi , which was taken over by foreigners and Levantines in the 1870s, has many chic cafés, restaurants and hotels.

Things to do in Sishane and Tophane

Pera Museum

Pera Museum , which is one of the city’s best temporary exhibition spaces, that also has a very impressive small museum housing the famous and popular painting “The Tortoise Trainer” painted by Osman Hamdi Bey.

Pera Palace Hotel

Close by is the Pera Palas Hotel whose famous guests include Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Agatha Christie and along Mesrutiyet Road (Caddesi) you will find very impressive 19th century buildings, some of which today house consulates.  

Deniz Palas

Mesrutiyet Road

Getting to Sishane and Tepebasi

You can take the Tunel funicular railway from the Karakoy terminal and on exit take a left turn and then a right turn.