In Arnavutköy time slips into another era
With a history that dates 1,500 years, Arnavutköy is a cozy village with charming old homes along narrow streets, old waterfront Ottoman mansions, delicious mussels, historic churches and holy springs.
During its journey from antiquity to the present, the village was known by locals as Hestiai, Promotu, and Anaplus, until it gained its present day name, "Arnavutköy" during the Ottoman years.
Historical Arnavutköy, one of the most fun neighborhoods of the Bosphorus with coffe houses and taverns, tenderly extends its arms wide open to all who approach, as an old friend. Thi village will engulf you with a nostalgic mystery.
