Büyükada (Princes' Islands) ★ 4.4
Büyükada, the largest of the Princes' Islands, runs car-free with horse-cart food deliveries; its quay restaurants do the day's catch from the surrounding sea.
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Polonezköy (Polish Village) ★ 4.0
Polonezköy, a Polish émigré village founded in the 1840s on the Asian-side forest fringe, runs a weekend brunch culture famous across Istanbul for its garden tables.
Şile (Black Sea Fish) ★ 3.9
Şile, the small Black Sea harbour town an hour and a half from Istanbul, runs a working fish fleet whose quayside lokantas serve the catch within hours of landing.
Bursa (Iskender Kebap) ★ 4.6
Bursa, the southern Marmara city across the sea from Istanbul, is the birthplace of iskender kebap, thinly sliced lamb over pita with tomato butter and yogurt.