We visited this pretty fishing village as part of a cruise tour of the Bosporus it's like a film set with lots of bars, restaurants and tourist/craft shops. There is of course lots of fresh fish and although small well worth a visit and if you can a long lunch!!!

Quiet, peaceful, with fish restaurants, small stores and a bakery. Ekmek (crusty bread) is simply wonderful fresh from the oven. As of this writing, Ekmek costs 8 lira and Simit (circular bread with sesame seeds) cost 10 lira. Having eaten so much fish already, we were content munching warm bread. Yum!

If you enjoy cruising, go for this. It was one of the highlights of my visit to Istanbul. It is not a tourist cruise, it is on a public ferry from Eminonu Bosphorus terminal which departs daily at 10.35am and sails all the way up the Bosphorus via Uskudar, Arnavutkoy and Sariyer and goes as far as Anadolu Kavagi village close to the entrance to the Black Sea. Here it stops for 2½ hours, so there is time to climb up to the ancient castle for an amazing panorama of the Bosphorus, the surrounding countryside and the Black Sea, and to have some food or refreshments in the village before rejoining the boat for the journey back to Eminonu. Altogether it takes 6 hours and costs around 450 TL. Although it is a public ferry it is very spacious and comfortable. Highly recommended

We took the Bosphorus Long Tour using the main ferry, Sehir Hatlari that leaves at 10:45 and returns at 3 from Anadolu Kavagi. Was extremely well priced, easy, and ferry was comfortable and not overcrowded; heads (toilets) spotless. No idea why anyone would use a private tour. Be there to buy your ticket by 10/10:15 for 10:45 departure. You'll then mill around in the waiting area and board. Best seats are to the bow and on the port side to minimise sun exposure. On return, port side also good to avoid afternoon sun. Stern gets following fumes. On return, they don't let you on until just before departure but if you want a good seat (bow, port), worth while milling at the gate. Don't lose your return ticket! On arriving at Anadolu Kavagi, we could see a sort of quiet area to the north which became increasingly busy as we moved to the dock further south. We chose a restaurant for lunch called Baba at the northern end because we could see some locals eating there and it just looked quiet and lovely. Had a great meal and will try to review that elsewhere. No beer sold there but didn't matter as the food was so good [you can have a post lunch beer when you return to the jetty at one of the more touristic and less authentic places] Walking around it is a bit touristic - going up to the fort was ok but not spectacular. For us, it was really the trip up and down and seeing the countryside from the water. Things that stick out was seeing all the people swimming in the Bosphorus, houses right on the water with small boats ... and then there were the serious mansions right on the water. Guess it is the same everywhere re: haves and have nots. My only other comment was in reference to the seriously annoying American chap who was so full of himself, he felt happy sharing his wonderfulness with everyone else on the boat - I could hear every word of his conversation at 40 paces. So many awesome Americans in the world but only takes one to remind you of the ugly American stereotype.