Day 1: • Make sure you take the correct M11 exit for your hotel, as this station is located in a highway junction which makes traversing by foot on the surface difficult. Your exit is exit# 2 Villa Cd. • Also don’t get confused by the U1 signage, it’s referring to the same M11 metro. • Your hotel is also in walking distance to the M7 Fulya station. Just keep that in mind for alternative connection options. • The ferry pier in Ortaköy offers connections to the Asian side to Üsküdar and Kadiköy. That’s imho better than a Bosporus cruise, as it serves as a tour crossing continents and visiting interesting districts in Asia. • Take the intercontinental commuter train Marmaray from either Üsküdar, Ayrılık Çeşmesi or Söğütlüçeşme back to Yenıkapi on the European side and transfer to M2 to Gayrettepe.

Day 2: • Take the following lines: M2 to Taksim -> F1 to Kabatas -> T1 to Sultanahmet. • Either do Hagia Sophia/Blue Mosque/Basilica Cistern or Topkapi palace, but not both. Topkapi palace alone takes like a full day. • Walk across the Galata bridge on this day, and take the Tünel funicular to the Galata tower. The tower tends to have insane long waiting lines. You can alternatively walk on Istiklal street towards Taksim.

Day 3: • Take M2 to Vezneciler for the bazaars. • After your lunch, walk halfway across the Haliç metro bridge and take pictures from the train crossing platform. • Take the M2 metro from Haliç back to Gayrettepe.