Kadiköy is to the Asian side what Taksim is to the European quarter. Though there are no historic or touristic highlights, it is a neighbourhood well worth visiting. Besides numerous nice cafés, restaurants, shops, there’s a delightful scattering of antique shops and fabulous fresh produce available on the street market., a real feast for your senses. But you’ll probably be most surprised by its lively atmosphere and extraordinary energy. After strolling through Kadiköy’s endlessly buzzing streets we will reach calm and peaceful Moda and light a candle in an underground Greek orthodox chapel, well known with the locals for its miracles. It was also in Moda that worldwide known rock singer Baris Manço used to live. After a lunch-with-a-view on the sea of Marmara, we will make our way back along the seaside walk with its nice views on Sultanahmet.

Nathalie is a Belgian journalist who has been living in Istanbul for 5 years. Through private walks (https://www.facebook.com/IstanbulPrive) she takes tourists to her favourite places, far away from Sultanahmet. When she is not walking, she is writing, producing ceramics in a ceramics studio in Arnavutköy where she lives, or playing the cello. Nathalie also has a passion for photography, so you’ll often find her walking with her camera in the backstreets of Istanbul.