Istanbul Nights Life

After enjoying a comprehensive tour of the city’s unparalleled beauty and cultural richness Istanbul’s animated nightlife offers thousands of options.

It is equally possible to discover this impressive variety of choice in Istanbul’s night life. Istanbul is a city of constant movement, twenty-four hours a day. It only remains for you to choose among the many alternatives... Let’s now take a brief tour through the culinary and entertainment world of Istanbul.

In the world-famous bars and nightclubs that line the water in the neighborhoods of Ortakoy and Kurucesme, you can spend many a romantic moment while watching fireworks shows on the sky, or dance the night away while enjoying the Bosphorus view.

You might also take in a traditional Turkish evening by watching a folklore performance or an oriental dance, or listen to Turkish folk music (turku) at any number of different Turku bars. If you prefer rock, punk, techno, jazz or alternative music, you can search for a bar along Istiklal Avenue and its side streets, on Kadife Street in Kadikoy¸or seaside in Ortakoy.

For those who want to spend a romantic or exciting night overlooking the Bosphorus, we recommend the world-famous bars and nightclubs located along the seashore in the neighborhoods of Kurucesme and Bebek. If you would like to sing Turkish songs and dance along to live music until the morning’s first light, head straight for the neighborhood of Etiler.

As the night ends...It is already late in the evening... For the entire night, you have danced and drunk without a break. Before your rendezvous with sleep in the early hours of the next day, perhaps you would like to ease your stomach with a garlicky bowl of tripe soup. After a night of exhausting entertainment, it has become something of a habit for Istanbul residents to dine at a tripe soup joint (iskembeci). Throughout the city, and especially near venues that serve alcohol, one can find tripe soup restaurants that are open for twenty-four hours a day.

In addition, if you care to eat something light, you can fill your stomach with toast, hamburger, doner at any number of 24 hour open buffets.

In addition to its historical and cultural heritage, the variety of culinary and entertainment choices that Istanbul offers make it an incomparable city. One can never tire from wandering through this city, nor can stop from describing it. In any case, one must experience the city; description is futile.