--- title: "Karaköy, Istanbul walkability score: 97/100 · How Walkable" description: "Karaköy in Istanbul scores 97/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Istanbul." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/karakoy updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Turkey](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey) 3. [Istanbul](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul) 4. Karaköy # How walkable is Karaköy, Istanbul? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 97 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #11 of 20 tied, in Istanbul * 97 Istanbul overall * 99 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=41.02344&lon=28.97722&q=Karak%C3%B6y%2C%20Istanbul) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * CarrefourSA, 1 min * Şok, 2 min * Migros Jet, 4 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Galatta Karaköy 1950, 1 min * Beyzade Künefe & Kahvaltı, 1 min * Mükellef Karakoy, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Karaköy Kısık Balik Malzemeleri, 1 min * Alba Star, 1 min * Cleopatra Ink Karaköy, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Cheesecakepoint\_, 1 min * Â La Lune Patisserie - Karaköy (Kruvasan & Kahve), 1 min * Hatzsall Karaköy, 1 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Kuveyt Türk, 1 min * DenizBank, 1 min * Anadolubank Karaköy Şubesi, 2 min ### Parks 0.9 of 1 point * Tophaneli Kıdemli Yüzbaşı Hakkı Efendi Parkı, 7 min * Tophane Parkı, 8 min * Palazzo Venezia, 10 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Sb\_medyatek, 3 min * Saint Benoît Fransız Lisesi, 3 min * Getronagan Armenian High School, 4 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Ata Muzayede, 1 min * Akademi Denizcilik, 1 min * FiLBooks, 4 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Müjdat Gezen Sanat Merkezi, 3 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Karaköy. 97% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 60, is 900 m to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/turkey/istanbul/karakoy.svg?v=6e98640db55f) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/galata) | 450 m | 99 | | [Tophane](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#tophane) | 550 m | 100 | | [Eminönü](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/eminonu) | 850 m | 99 | | [Cihangir](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#cihangir) | 1.3 km | 100 | | [Kabataş](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#kabatas) | 1.9 km | 99 | | [Sultan Ahmet](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#sultan-ahmet) | 2.2 km | 96 | | [Fener](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/fener) | 2.3 km | 98 | | [Kumkapı](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#kumkapi) | 2.4 km | 97 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Istanbul ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Karaköy, Istanbul?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.