Resources

Apps

BiTaksi: uber for taxis, might have more supply than uber and might be cheaper

Rick Steves Audio Europe: it has some things you can download to listen to giving some tips on Istanbul

CityMapper: a bit more confident with transit than Google

Google lists

Istanbul Trip: my mostly food-focused list (specific food places mentioned here should be in this list, and this list may have more options too)

To-The-City Istanbul: my dad’s more visitor-oriented list

Planning Ideas

Rick Steves İstanbul has good walking tours (will reference this below)

I’m sure other books have good walking tours, but I know Rick tends to hit the highlights and mention the interesting points pretty efficiently.

This looks very interesting to do

Vocab

Pronunciation help

ş = “sh”

ç = “ch”

c = “j”

ğ = (silent)

Merhaba = hello

Güle Güle = bye

Teşekkürler = thank you

Evet = yes

Hayır = no

Lütfen = please

Bir = one

Iki = two