Pera&Galata&Karaköy

Pera means ‘the opposite shore’ or ‘beyond’ in Greek. The settlement were part of Byzantium and it settled at XIII. Zone, but  in whole its history it is accepted as ‘‘far’. During the Byzantium or Ottoman time either, might be in these days too. 

What about ‘Galata’, wasn’t it the name of neighborhood in Genova? 

These close districts offers hard to find combination of cultures&time periods&sanctuaries. 

It may be the reason why Evliya Çelebi an Ottoman explorer from 15th century who spent 40 years traveling on horseback or İbn Battuta , Petrus Gyllius, Gerard de Nerva, Edmondo de Amicis …so on…. come to Pera. 
 
To realize this city and its people colors, you need to think a ten centuries of accumulation.

We will be scroll down there. Here are the stops: 

Karaköy Square 

Yeraltı Mosque 

Aya Andrea Chapel(Rooftop Church) 

Turkish Orthodox Church 

Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque 

Yüksek Kaldırım District

Galata Tower 

Mevlevi Lodge (Please take a ticket)

The places that they pray in various monotheistic religions. Amen, Amin, Shalom! 

How was the trade life? The monuments of modernization time of Ottoman. 

The places that İstanbullers live mysticism, the ensemble of musicians were part of the cremony of the whirling dervishes. The music opened the way to ecstasy. I think travel too. 

The tour contains a break of 20 minutes and long for 4 hours. 

Please note that since the places are not so popularized with tourism we may find some places closed by any chance.
The meeting point is The Tunnel Building of Karaköy. The tunnel which connects Karaköy and Beyoğlu. (Tünel) 

See you soon!