How walkable is Karaköy, Istanbul?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Karaköy has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the joint 11th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Istanbul, with 2 others, which scores 97 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
6,546 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Karaköy. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Şok, 2 min
- Migros Jet, 4 min
Restaurants & bars
- Beyzade Künefe & Kahvaltı, 1 min
- Mükellef Karakoy, 1 min
Shopping
- Alba Star, 1 min
- Cleopatra Ink Karaköy, 1 min
Coffee
- Â La Lune Patisserie - Karaköy (Kruvasan & Kahve), 1 min
- Hatzsall Karaköy, 1 min
Banks
- DenizBank, 1 min
- Anadolubank Karaköy Şubesi, 2 min
Parks
- Tophane Parkı, 8 min
- Palazzo Venezia, 10 min
Schools
- Saint Benoît Fransız Lisesi, 3 min
- Getronagan Armenian High School, 4 min
Books & libraries
- Akademi Denizcilik, 1 min
- FiLBooks, 4 min
Culture & entertainment
- Jewish Museum Of Turkey, 3 min
- Doremi Karaoke Bar, 4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Karaköy, Istanbul at 41.0234, 28.9772. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 216 street intersections per km², and blocks average 54 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Karaköy, Istanbul
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Karaköy, Istanbul. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Istanbul
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Galata | 450 m | 99 |
| Tophane | 550 m | 100 |
| Eminönü | 850 m | 99 |
| Cihangir | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Kabataş | 1.9 km | 99 |
| Sultan Ahmet | 2.2 km | 96 |
| Fener | 2.3 km | 98 |
| Kumkapı | 2.4 km | 97 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Istanbul ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Karaköy, Istanbul
Is Karaköy walkable?
Yes. Karaköy in Istanbul has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Karaköy more walkable than the rest of Istanbul?
Karaköy is about as walkable as Istanbul as a whole: it scores 97, against 97 for the 5 km around Istanbul's centre. It is the joint 11th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Istanbul, with 2 others on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Istanbul?
Of the 20 Istanbul neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Cihangir (100), Tophane (100) and Balat (100).
How is the walkability score of Karaköy calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Karaköy it is the average of 44 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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