Lonely Planet İstanbul Guide

dedicated to the history of transport, industry and communications in Turkey. Founded by the head of the Koç industrial group, one of Turkey’s most prominent conglomerates, it exhibits artefacts from İstanbul’s industrial past and is highly interactive, making it a particularly enjoyable destination for those travelling with children. The museum is in two parts: a new building constructed around a 19th-century dockyard on the Golden Horn side of the road, and a restored and converted Byzantine stone building known as the Lengerhane. The latter was used as a foundry by the Ottomans and now houses a planetarium and a large collection of model trains and boats. The exhibits concerned with forms of transport are particularly fascinating: you can admire a huge collection of mint-condition classic cars; climb aboard historic trams; take a cruise on a restored 1936 steam tug (summer weekends only); enter the cabin of a 1942 Douglas DC-3 Dakota; board a 1944 US naval submarine (advance bookings essential); or take a short trip on a working narrow-gauge railway (summer weekends only). Excellent interpretive panels in Turkish and English are provided. There’s also a Turkish restaurant right on the waterfront, a cafe in a restored 1953 ferry boat and a French restaurant in the Lengerhane. The ornate 18th-century imperial huntıng pavilion of Aynalıkavak Kasrı ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Aynalıkavak Pavilion; % 0212-256 9750; www.millisaraylar.gov.tr; Aynalıkavak Caddesi; adult/student ₺ 5/1; h 9am-4.30pm Tue, Wed & Fri-Sun Apr-Oct, to 3.30pm Nov-Mar; g 47, 47E, 47N from Eminönü; 36T, 54K, 54HT from Taksim) , is set in a pretty garden and now houses a collection of historic musical instruments. To get there from the iskele , walk southeast (right) along Hasköy Caddesi, veer left into Okmeydanı Caddesi and then right into Sempt Konağı Sokak, which runs into Kasimpaşa-Hasköy Caddesi. A number of historic cemeteries cling to the hills behind Hasköy. These include the Hasköy Musevi Mezarlıgı ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; f Sütlüce) , where many generations of Jewish İstanbullus have been buried.

1 Hasköy to Eyüp