Anna's Istanbul: Nişantaşı- Pariz u Istanbulu/ Nişantaşı- Paris in Istanbul

U ovaj deo grada vas turističke agencije neće odvesti. Zato sam ja uvek bila protiv uplaćivanja aranžmana, jer samo vi znate šta želite da vidite, a agencije vas mnogo sputavaju.

Nişantaşı je, po meni, najlepši deo Istanbula, boemski i kosmopolitski, evropski, a opet ima snažan pečat Turske. Većina stanovnika su stranci i proevropski orijentisani Turci. Nekretnine su ovde najskuplje, a propos šopinga predstavlja Meku svih luksuznih brendova, a recimo da pruža i veliki izbor što se tiče barova i restorana za večernje izlaske.

Ono što je mene oduševilo je što je to grad u gradu, izuzetno čist i uredjen deo, oivičen predivnim parkom pod imenom Machka park. I da, ima puno mačaka i jeste, park je po njima dobio ime. Morate znati da su u Turskoj mačke malo naprednije i ne možete ne zapaziti da imaju nekih 5kg više od prosečnih.

Orhan Pamuk je baš na Nişantaşı-ju živeo i o njemu je često i sa puno epiteta pisao, jer samo tako i možete dočarati Nişantaşı. U prošlosti je Nişantaşı predstavljao mesto gde su se otomanski strelci i sultani okupljali da se takmiče u streljaštvu. Ukoliko malo bolje obratite pažnju zapazićete kamenje na kome su zabeleženi rekordi u dobacivanju strele.

Ako imate sreće da se nadjete tamo, preporučila bih vam da zavirite u butike i njihove živopisne izloge, da svratite u City’s, mali, ali ekskluzivan šoping mall, da protrčite Machka parkom i da usput pojedete dževrek koji se prodaje u crvenim kolicima i koji košta 1TL. Fun fact: Po meni je najbolji onaj ispred City's-a, ali taj košta 1,5TL i dekica koji ga prodaje je mi je stavio mašnu na kesu sa djevrekom :-)

Primetićete da u uličicama koje su paralelne i vode prema Şişliju nalaze se uglavnom butici koji prodaju iste stvari. Tako su butici sa ekskluzivnim ženskim haljinama načičkani jedan do drugog, onda u sledećoj ulici ide red butika sa muškim odelima itd. Turci se ne plaše konkurencije, očigledno i prodavnice su tako rasporedjenje manje-više svuda po Istanbulu. Izuzetno neobično, ali olakšava kupovinu jer imate raznovrsnu ponudu onoga što tražite na jednom mestu.

S obzirom da je ovde sve žipopisno i šareno, ne zabooravite da povremeno trepćete :-)

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Touristic agencies are not gonna show you this part of the city. That’s one of the reasons why i was always against group tours, because you are supposed to see parts of the city that you are interested in, not just the most touristic parts.

Nişantaşı is, according to me, the most beautiful part of Istanbul, bohemic and European, and again still Turkish. Most of the inhabitants are foreigners and proeuropean Turkish people. Properties are very expensive, but it’s literally the center of shopping and all the exclusive brands, but you can also find nice restaurants and bars for night life.

I was amazed by the fact that it is the city in the city, clean and tidy and when you go down the hill you can find Machka park (meaning cat park) but its perfect for running actually. You are gonna realize that cats there are quite big, and they weight approximately 5 kg more that normal ones.

Orhan Pamuk lived in the neighbourhood and he often described Nişantaşı in his books. Nişantaşı means marking stone for Otoman archers and sultans, and they were all competing here.

I would highly recommend you to check all the shops there, colorful windows, to go to City's shopping mall, view from the last floor is amazing, to run through Machka park and eat simit, that costs only 1TL, but the one in front of City's is the best one and cost 1,5TL. If you are lucky as me, you can get bow on your simit :-)

You cannot ignore the fact that most of the shops are located by the products they are selling. So, in one street you can find exclusive dresses for women, in other street just shops with elegant suits and it's pretty obvious that Turkish people are not afraid of keen competition. I've never seen that anywhere else, except in Istanbul. But it actually makes your shopping easier, because when you want to buy sth, you know which street you should visit.