Çukurcuma Why? Because here the atmosphere is unique and a must for those who find themselves going through the European Istanbul Beyoğlu.
Simply walking the streets of this micro-neighborhood is a small, relaxing experience to be carried in a suitcase of memories. Çukurcuma is full of antique shops and junk dealers who stop at street corners with their rickety wooden carts full of items forgotten. Here a Cay (turkish tea served in glasses shaped like a tulip) or pomegranate juice, are delicious reasons to indulge with the look of these slow sull'andirivieni cosmopolitan streets, where many languages \u200b\u200boverlap and where women entirely veiled in black intersect with metropolitan look. Çukurcuma stops can offer interesting and unusual visitors, provided that it feels like a leisurely stroll and browse. Everything is concentrated in three or four ways, Faik Paşa Sok, Turnacıbaşı Cad, Hamami Ağa Sok, Çukurcuma Cad ... and everything is pretty quiet and calm. Faik Paşa Sok, full of ancient buildings, is revealed with discretion. No sign or display, for example, draws attention to Turkey, a beautiful residence on three floors of the late nineteenth century has now been transformed into an elegant antique shop. If it is to welcome the landlord, Erkal Aksoy, expert in carpets and kilims, you will offer tea and a pleasant chat in front of the fireplace, amidst the glitter of beautiful antiques. Almost overlooked, is worth visiting the gallery which contains works of Nahid interesting Turkish artists and where you can find small pieces of furniture and furnishings. Farther down the same road is recommended for photo enthusiasts to visit the Exhibition Gallery of Elipsis, which always offers authors and international exhibitions of high quality.
Still on Faik Paşa, a different world of antiques, exotic and Asia, is disclosed by Moderntarih, where the majority of furniture, furnishings and sculptures from China, Japan, India and eastern Turkey. If you want to enjoy a
Cay junction with Turnacıbaşı Sok, Café 49 offers a warm atmosphere, courtesy and good music. Mirrors, sofas and tables are on sale with prices seen in the menu! From behind the glass windows you see daily life flow in this district with its street vendors, artists who have chosen to live here, the guys who come back from school ... Just outside is a must for those nostalgic for the Seventies, Müstamel Eşya evi, a shop entirely devoted to modern art to furniture and furnishings of the Swinging Seventies and surroundings. For those who want to proceed with the pursuit of memories around lost, just in front of De Muzik Form, offers a wide variety of collectible vinyl records. A few steps away, on the corner, past the intersection with Faik Paşa, from those who simply look the large windows of a house you can see the inside instead of refined antique shop Ayşe Orberk: three floors of furniture, lamps, tissues, high-class display in an 'atmosphere enveloping. Beautiful flower arrangements, berries, pine cones and pomegranates enchant those who pass by the shop windows. On top of the shop, a terrace on which rests the stomachs of ancient Turkish jars, you can enjoy a nice view of the streets of Çukurcuma.
Continuing our trip, if you do not want to give up relaxing pleasure of a turkish bath, the Tarihi Ağa Hamam is a traditional hammam small neighborhood of the fifteenth century., mixed (ie, with one room for men and women). In nearby
Altıpatlar Sok is interesting to enter the store overflowing with fabrics Leyla Ottoman kaftans authentic vintage, antique embroidered fabrics, shawls, pillows and lace of yesteryear. From Inbak, stresses in the street, they are rather beautiful handmade olive wood utensils (cutting boards, mortars, spoons, bowls) from the Aegean coast, olive oil of good quality, natural soaps, honey and preserves. Try it at the top of the room as a bar, fresh juice mandarin.
Under the Green Mosque, the Firuzağa Camii, there's a whole swarm of people in the outdoor seating where you go and have tea or enjoy pide (a sort of Turkish pizza). The many foreigners who haunt the area are not tourists, but local residents who have made this part of their meeting place. Before leaving Çukurcuma worth it to enjoy a final stop on Cezayir (Hayriye Caddesi), comfortable and chic bar-restaurant in a historic building that once belonged to Italian, with a beautiful garden area in summer and open spaces very cool!
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