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Julien Viaud, the
French naval officer who wrote novels
under the pen name of Pierre
Loti, used to come to this Istanbul hilltop
overlooking Eyüp and
the Golden
Horn (map) to
contemplate the city he had come to
love:
In Loti's time, the café was a simple,
humble place with a few stools and
a small stove for brewing Turkish
coffee.
Today
the café is far nicer, with shady
tables,
a variety of beverages and snacks,
and even a hotel and
full-fledged restaurant.
Because the café is a bit out of the
way, the easiest way to visit it is
on an Istanbul
city tour that also takes
in all the other sights in the western
district out by the city
walls: the imperial Mosque
of Eyüp, the Byzantine
City Walls, the
splendid mosaics in
the Kariye
Museum (Chora Church),
Mihrimah
Sultan Mosque, and the Ecumenical
Patriarchate. More...
If you come on your own and feel like
walking, make the 15-minute stroll
uphill from Eyüp through
the picturesque cemetery (map).
If not, take the cable car,
and walk down to Eyüp after
your coffee.
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