Open up a world of Turkish inspiration with a Cornucopia digital subscription

Buy or gift a stand-alone digital subscription and get unlimited access to dozens of back issues for just £18.99 / $18.99 a year.

Please register at www.exacteditions.com/digital/cornucopia with your subscriber account number or contact subscriptions@cornucopia.net

Buy a digital subscription Go to the Digital Edition

Cornucopia’s travel guide

Eminönü


One of the world's most exhilarating urban landscapes greets you as you approach the gritty historic district of Eminönü, at the entrance to the Golden Horn.

Getting there

BOATS Eminönü is at the hub of the Istanbul ferry network. Stations (iskele) along its quay serve Üsküdar and Kadıköy on the Asian shore. For destinations up the Golden Horn, cross the Galata Bridge to Karaköy.

TRAM The best way to get to and from Eminönü from the European quarter. It used to be mayhem in Eminönü Square, but since they made the tram station part of the square, with a proper generously proportioned pedestrian crossing, it is all much more manageable.

Getting around

With your back to the sea, facing the Yeni Cami, there are three ways to go. To the left, in the direction of the Topkapı is Sirkeci Station, terminus of the Orient Express, with the little sub-districts of Bahçekapı and Sultanhamam, the late Ottoman/early Republic Golden Mile, with a splendid, rather austere post office. Straight ahead, behind the rather theatrical Yeni Cami, is the Mısır Çarşısı (the Egyptian, or Corn, Bazaar – take your pick), better know to foreigners as the Spice Bazaar – if you go through it, and head up the hill, you will eventually reach the Grand Bazaar proper (though it is easier to take the tram to Çemberlitaş and walk down). To the right is Tahtakale, the old hardware district, with its famous 16th-century Rüstem Pasha Mosque. This runs out into village streets of Küçükpazar. From Tahtakale you can climb straight up the hill to the magnificent Süleymaniye, or walk round the long way, via Küçükpazar and approach Sinan’s most ambitious mosque complex from the back.

Cornucopia Digital Subscription

The Digital Edition

Cornucopia works in partnership with the digital publishing platform Exact Editions to offer individual and institutional subscribers unlimited access to a searchable archive of fascinating back issues and every newly published issue. The digital edition of Cornucopia is available cross-platform on web, iOS and Android and offers a comprehensive search function, allowing the title’s cultural content to be delved into at the touch of a button.

Digital Subscription: £18.99 / $18.99 (1 year)

Subscribe now