Istanbul/Western Suburbs - Revision history

Vidimian: + stay safe (waterfront park)

2010-11-25T12:47:16Z

+ stay safe (waterfront park)

Vidimian: /* See */ + aviation museum

2010-02-26T15:21:57Z

‎See: + aviation museum

Vidimian: /* See */ + photo

2010-02-25T10:46:13Z

‎See: + photo

Vidimian: /* Caravan park */

2010-01-30T14:57:10Z

‎Caravan park

Vidimian: /* Get in */

2010-01-30T14:13:13Z

‎Get in

Vidimian: /* Sleep */ + istanbul mocamp (caravan park)

2010-01-30T13:56:11Z

‎Sleep: + istanbul mocamp (caravan park)

Vidimian: /* Sleep */ + çınar hotel

2010-01-29T17:14:56Z

‎Sleep: + çınar hotel

Vidimian: /* By metro/tram */ more details on metro and tram lines through the district

2010-01-29T17:05:28Z

‎By metro/tram: more details on metro and tram lines through the district

Vidimian: /* Get in */

2010-01-28T18:16:40Z

‎Get in

Vidimian: /* See */ + turkuazoo

2010-01-28T16:41:32Z

‎See: + turkuazoo

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	* <sleep name="Istanbul Mocamp" alt="" address="Selimpaşa" directions="quit the motorway (TEM/E80/O-3) in 'Selimpaşa' exit, and then follow 'Ortaköy' signs; or if on the coastal highway of D100, make the sharp U-turn towards Ortaköy as soon as entering Selimpaşa; after about driving 200 mt on the road to Ortaköy, turn right towards Ovayenice immediately in front of those five identical villas; after about driving 4 km on the road to Ovayenice, take the right turn towards Poyraz Çiftliği (there is a sign indicating the road), Mocamp is located 800 mt ahead on the left on this road" phone="+90 212 710-11-25, +90-533-564-60-30 (mobile)" email="aip@istanbulmocamp.com" fax="+ 90 212 710-11-25" url="http://www.istanbulmocamp.com/" checkin="" checkout="" price="Adults €4 each, no credit cards accepted">Offers hot and cold water, flush toilets, showers, kitchen, electricity hook-up, laundry, swimming pool, children playground, cafe, and pay phones in a setting with a distant sea view.</sleep>		* <sleep name="Istanbul Mocamp" alt="" address="Selimpaşa" directions="quit the motorway (TEM/E80/O-3) in 'Selimpaşa' exit, and then follow 'Ortaköy' signs; or if on the coastal highway of D100, make the sharp U-turn towards Ortaköy as soon as entering Selimpaşa; after about driving 200 mt on the road to Ortaköy, turn right towards Ovayenice immediately in front of those five identical villas; after about driving 4 km on the road to Ovayenice, take the right turn towards Poyraz Çiftliği (there is a sign indicating the road), Mocamp is located 800 mt ahead on the left on this road" phone="+90 212 710-11-25, +90-533-564-60-30 (mobile)" email="aip@istanbulmocamp.com" fax="+ 90 212 710-11-25" url="http://www.istanbulmocamp.com/" checkin="" checkout="" price="Adults €4 each, no credit cards accepted">Offers hot and cold water, flush toilets, showers, kitchen, electricity hook-up, laundry, swimming pool, children playground, cafe, and pay phones in a setting with a distant sea view.</sleep>
		+
		+	==Stay safe==
		+	There are some sections of waterfront park between Bakırköy and [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old City\|old city]] walls, where you may feel uncomfortable due to the homeless people and inhalant abusers—best avoided at night.

	==Contact==		==Contact==

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 ==See==
 [[Image:Yesilkoyhouse.jpg|thumb|250px|A wooden mansion in Yeşilköy]]
 * <see name="Turkuazoo" alt="" address="Forum İstanbul no:3, Kocatepe" directions="inside Forum İstanbul shopping mall; metro: Kartaltepe-Kocatepe station on southern (Aksaray-Airport) metro line" phone="+90 212 640-27-40" email="" fax="" url="http://www.turkuazoo.com/" hours="M-F 10AM-6PM, S-Su 10AM-7PM" price="25 TL, students: 18 TL">One of those typical huge aquariums where you walk through transparent tunnels underwater.</see>

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 ==See==
 * <see name="Turkuazoo" alt="" address="Forum İstanbul no:3, Kocatepe" directions="inside Forum İstanbul shopping mall; metro: Kartaltepe-Kocatepe station on southern (Aksaray-Airport) metro line" phone="+90 212 640-27-40" email="" fax="" url="http://www.turkuazoo.com/" hours="M-F 10AM-6PM, S-Su 10AM-7PM" price="25 TL, students: 18 TL">One of those typical huge aquariums where you walk through transparent tunnels underwater.</see>
-* <see name="Yeşilköy" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" url="" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">A neighbourhood lying on the coast of Marmara Sea, Yeşilköy, or '''St. Stephen''' (''Agios Stephanos'') as called in ancient times, still partly retains more of a town atmosphere with its wooden mansions, churches, and a long verdant park lying along the beach - perfect to take a walk. ''(Buses: 72T from [[Istanbul/Galata|Taksim]] and '''Bakırköy''', 81 from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City|Eminönü]]; ''dolmuş''es from Taksim; suburban train from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City|Sirkeci]] and Bakırköy)''</see>
+* <see name="Yeşilköy" alt="" address="" directions="west of Bakırköy" phone="" url="" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">A neighbourhood lying on the coast of Marmara Sea, Yeşilköy, or '''St. Stephen''' (''Agios Stephanos'') as called in ancient times, still partly retains more of a town atmosphere with its wooden mansions, churches, and a long verdant park lying along the beach - perfect to take a walk. ''(Buses: 72T from [[Istanbul/Galata|Taksim]] and '''Bakırköy''', 81 from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City|Eminönü]]; ''dolmuş''es from Taksim; suburban train from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City|Sirkeci]] and Bakırköy)''</see>
 ==Do==

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 ===Caravan park===
-With the closure of relatively central Ataköy [[Car camping|caravan]] park, the only place where you can tow your '''caravan''' in the city is now located in Selimpaşa, officially a village until recently, though given that there is no open fields inbetween it is practically a suburb of the city. However, it is still a good 40 km away from central parts of the city but fortunately there are 6-lane highways and motorways connecting it to central Istanbul, as well as fairly frequent public buses (though the actual caravan park is located a little away from public bus lines), so transportation won't be a problem.
+With the closure of relatively central Ataköy [[Car camping|caravan]] park, the only place where you can tow your '''caravan''' in the city is now located in Selimpaşa, officially a village until recently, though given that there is no open fields inbetween it is practically a suburb of the rapidly expanding city. However, it is still a good 40 km away from central parts of the city but fortunately there are 6-lane highways and motorways connecting it to central Istanbul, as well as fairly frequent public buses (though the actual caravan park is located a little away from public bus lines), so transportation won't be a problem.
 * <sleep name="Istanbul Mocamp" alt="" address="Selimpaşa" directions="quit the motorway (TEM/E80/O-3) in 'Selimpaşa' exit, and then follow 'Ortaköy' signs; or if on the coastal highway of D100, make the sharp U-turn towards Ortaköy as soon as entering Selimpaşa; after about driving 200 mt on the road to Ortaköy, turn right towards Ovayenice immediately in front of those five identical villas; after about driving 4 km on the road to Ovayenice, take the right turn towards Poyraz Çiftliği (there is a sign indicating the road), Mocamp is located 800 mt ahead on the left on this road" phone="+90 212 710-11-25, +90-533-564-60-30 (mobile)" email="aip@istanbulmocamp.com" fax="+ 90 212 710-11-25" url="http://www.istanbulmocamp.com/" checkin="" checkout="" price="Adults €4 each, no credit cards accepted">Offers hot and cold water, flush toilets, showers, kitchen, electricity hook-up, laundry, swimming pool, children playground, cafe, and pay phones in a setting with a distant sea view.</sleep>

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 ==Get in==
-These suburbs are actually main ports of entry into the city, as both the major airport and the main bus station (''otogar'') of the city is located in this district.
+These suburbs are actually main ports of entry into the city, as both the major airport and the main bus station (''otogar'') of the city is located in this district. Those travelling on their own vehicles also make it through this district first on the way to central Istanbul, when approaching from [[Europe|west]].
 ===By air===

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	*<sleep name="Radisson SAS Conference and Airport Hotel" alt="" address="E-5 Karayolu, Sefaköy" directions="" phone="+90 212 425 73 73" url="http://www.radissonsas.com/cs/Satellite/Page/RadissonSAS/Page/rsasHotelDescription/1053502947887/en/hotelCode--istzq/" checkin="" checkout="" price="" lat="" long="">5-star hotel located close to the airport. Free airport shuttles are provided.</sleep>		*<sleep name="Radisson SAS Conference and Airport Hotel" alt="" address="E-5 Karayolu, Sefaköy" directions="" phone="+90 212 425 73 73" url="http://www.radissonsas.com/cs/Satellite/Page/RadissonSAS/Page/rsasHotelDescription/1053502947887/en/hotelCode--istzq/" checkin="" checkout="" price="" lat="" long="">5-star hotel located close to the airport. Free airport shuttles are provided.</sleep>
		+
		+	===Caravan park===
		+	With the closure of relatively central Ataköy [[Car camping\|caravan]] park, the only place where you can tow your '''caravan''' in the city is now located in Selimpaşa, officially a village until recently, though given that there is no open fields inbetween it is practically a suburb of the city. However, it is still a good 40 km away from central parts of the city but fortunately there are 6-lane highways and motorways connecting it to central Istanbul, as well as fairly frequent public buses (though the actual caravan park is located a little away from public bus lines), so transportation won't be a problem.
		+
		+	* <sleep name="Istanbul Mocamp" alt="" address="Selimpaşa" directions="quit the motorway (TEM/E80/O-3) in 'Selimpaşa' exit, and then follow 'Ortaköy' signs; or if on the coastal highway of D100, make the sharp U-turn towards Ortaköy as soon as entering Selimpaşa; after about driving 200 mt on the road to Ortaköy, turn right towards Ovayenice immediately in front of those five identical villas; after about driving 4 km on the road to Ovayenice, take the right turn towards Poyraz Çiftliği (there is a sign indicating the road), Mocamp is located 800 mt ahead on the left on this road" phone="+90 212 710-11-25, +90-533-564-60-30 (mobile)" email="aip@istanbulmocamp.com" fax="+ 90 212 710-11-25" url="http://www.istanbulmocamp.com/" checkin="" checkout="" price="Adults €4 each, no credit cards accepted">Offers hot and cold water, flush toilets, showers, kitchen, electricity hook-up, laundry, swimming pool, children playground, cafe, and pay phones in a setting with a distant sea view.</sleep>

	==Contact==		==Contact==

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 ==Sleep==
 *<sleep name="Airport Hotel" alt="" address="Atatürk Airport International Terminal" directions="in the airport" phone="+90 212 425 40 30" url="http://www.airporthotelistanbul.com/" checkin="" checkout="" price="" lat="" long=""></sleep>
 *<sleep name="Radisson SAS Conference and Airport Hotel" alt="" address="E-5 Karayolu, Sefaköy" directions="" phone="+90 212 425 73 73" url="http://www.radissonsas.com/cs/Satellite/Page/RadissonSAS/Page/rsasHotelDescription/1053502947887/en/hotelCode--istzq/" checkin="" checkout="" price="" lat="" long="">5-star hotel located close to the airport. Free airport shuttles are provided.</sleep>

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 ===By metro/tram===
-Both the southern metro line (departure from Aksaray in [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City|city center]]) and the tram line (with stops in many places in [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City|old city]] and [[Istanbul/Galata|further beyond]]) eventually reaches somewhere within this district.
+After starting in Aksaray and running underground through the [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old City|old city]], southern metro line ('''M1''') leaves the old city in ''Ulubatlı-Topkapı'' station and enters the Western Suburbs. It runs towards northwest until the '''main bus station''' (''otogar'') in Esenler, where the line curves towards south to meet the tram line which leaves old city in underground ''Topkapı'' station by the city walls. After the '''tram/metro intersection''' in Zeytinburnu, the metro line starts running towards west and after passing through a couple of brief underground sections and the stations of Bakırköy (which actually is located 3 km north of downtown Bakırköy), Ataköy, and Yenibosna among others, it eventually reaches its terminus at '''Atatürk International Airport''' (station: ''Havalimanı'').
 ===By ''dolmuş''===

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	==See==		==See==
		+	* <see name="Turkuazoo" alt="" address="Forum İstanbul no:3, Kocatepe" directions="inside Forum İstanbul shopping mall; metro: Kartaltepe-Kocatepe station on southern (Aksaray-Airport) metro line" phone="+90 212 640-27-40" email="" fax="" url="http://www.turkuazoo.com/" hours="M-F 10AM-6PM, S-Su 10AM-7PM" price="25 TL, students: 18 TL">One of those typical huge aquariums where you walk through transparent tunnels underwater.</see>
		+
	* <see name="Yeşilköy" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" url="" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">A neighbourhood lying on the coast of Marmara Sea, Yeşilköy, or '''St. Stephen''' (''Agios Stephanos'') as called in ancient times, still partly retains more of a town atmosphere with its wooden mansions, churches, and a long verdant park lying along the beach - perfect to take a walk. ''(Buses: 72T from [[Istanbul/Galata\|Taksim]] and '''Bakırköy''', 81 from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City\|Eminönü]]; ''dolmuş''es from Taksim; suburban train from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City\|Sirkeci]] and Bakırköy)''</see>		* <see name="Yeşilköy" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" url="" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax="">A neighbourhood lying on the coast of Marmara Sea, Yeşilköy, or '''St. Stephen''' (''Agios Stephanos'') as called in ancient times, still partly retains more of a town atmosphere with its wooden mansions, churches, and a long verdant park lying along the beach - perfect to take a walk. ''(Buses: 72T from [[Istanbul/Galata\|Taksim]] and '''Bakırköy''', 81 from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City\|Eminönü]]; ''dolmuş''es from Taksim; suburban train from [[Istanbul/Sultanahmet-Old_City\|Sirkeci]] and Bakırköy)''</see>