Biennial venues<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/zeytinburnutbb/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Zeytinburnu Medicinal Plants Garden (Tıbbi Bitkiler Bahçesi)</a>:&nbsp;Located in Merkez Efendi District and open to the public, the Medicinal Plants Garden has a total of 700 medicinal plants originating from Turkey and other countries. It is open every day and admission is free. It’s a non-commercial garden. It offers courses for preschool children above 2 years of age, professional groups, herbalists, art institutions, schools and pharmacists. It is also a garden for festivals and animal lovers take courses here. Designers and photographers also frequently visit the garden. In short, whatever and whoever you are looking for is here. The oils extracted by the garden’s plants are waiting for you at the entrance. You can also learn more about the benefits of the oils from the staff, do not hesitate to ask them.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891837517.jpeg" width="550" ratio="0.80" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Who knows what this is called?<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Cultural centres<a fr-original-style="" href="https://ciacef.org/?utm_" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Cocoon by CIF</a>: Contemporary Istanbul — Art, Culture &amp; Education Foundation. Lastly, it hosted Ebru Ceylan’s photography exhibition entitled ‘Dünyanın Gecesi (Earth’s Night)’. We are looking forward to the next one to be hosted here.<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yedikule+Dungeons+Museum/@40.9934847,28.9227401,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14cabbbdd202013b:0xeae508700631f966!8m2!3d40.993486!4d28.922751" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Yedikule Hisarı Museum</a>: If you want to walk through Ottoman and Byzantine history, this museum is for you. You can get on and off Marmaray on a Saturday and treat yourself to an open-air museum.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891980555.jpeg" width="550" ratio="0.80" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">It's looking splendid<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x14cabbbf21b49d89:0x228fc25f7de99e3f?source=g.page.share&utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Yedikule Animal Shelter</a>: Watery eyes, high-pitched voices, and paws coming over you. We know you want to adopt them all. But for today, it is more than enough to welcome one to your place.Lokanta, cafés and eateries<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rahmi+Usta+1962/@41.0148824,28.917593,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14caba4dce640a41:0xef8b64ec7e2c3f71!8m2!3d41.0148784!4d28.9197817?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Rahmi Usta</a>: Piyaz and grilled meatballs await you right next to Merkez Efendi Millet Kıraathanesi. It sounds like the best menu ever for a break, doesn’t it?<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rumeli/@40.997902,28.8757819,14z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x14cabba0e48d3c17:0xea334eb8920b7bcb!8m2!3d40.9979012!4d28.9087367!15sCh9SdW1lbGkgVGF0bMSxY8Sxc8SxIHpleXRpbmJ1cm51WiEiH3J1bWVsaSB0YXRsxLFjxLFzxLEgemV5dGluYnVybnWSARJkZXNzZXJ0X3Jlc3RhdXJhbnTgAQA?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Rumeli Tatlıcısı</a>: Signature ice cream flavours in summer, tulumba in winter. Blueberry ice cream is our favourite but to be honest, we would not miss the chance to have their trileçe.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891879539.jpeg" width="550" ratio="0.80" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Crunchy on the outside, soft in the inside. This is called "tulumba"<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/P%C4%B0DEBANK/@40.987426,28.8953853,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14cabb8bb61d1fdb:0xa02dc0b8359877e4!8m2!3d40.987422!4d28.897574?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Pidebank</a>: Its pide (pita) with kasseri accompanied with tomato salad is too good to be true.<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/C%C4%B0%C4%9EERHANE/@41.0092472,28.9063374,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14cabb075602fa3f:0x31fa15c5be9964ba!8m2!3d41.0092472!4d28.9063374?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Ciğerhane</a>: Thinly-sliced and fried liver with sumac onions. Mouth-watering, isn’t it? Our thoughts, exactly.Shops<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Merkezefendi+F%C4%B1r%C4%B1n/@41.0089501,28.9103777,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14cabbac0cc93247:0x9ceab48c4caaa560!8m2!3d41.0089506!4d28.9125686?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Merkez Efendi Bakery</a>: Too hot to handle. Einkorn bread. But their speciality is turmeric sourdough bread. Grab one and take it to your loved ones.Buildings<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Monastery+of+the+Life-giving+Spring/@41.0067141,28.9136038,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14cabbae77145441:0xdf382beec4f7db77!8m2!3d41.0067102!4d28.9157925?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Monastery of the Life-giving Spring</a>: Its original name is Zoodochos Pege, meaning ‘life-giving spring’. The Black and redfish in the pool are so beautiful that it is definitely a must-see. You can also get free water in small bottles on the stairs next to the pool.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891942318.jpeg" width="550" ratio="0.80" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Make a wish<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Parks and greeneries<a fr-original-style="" href="https://buzadasi.com/?utm" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Zeytinburnu Ice Rink</a>: You can have your free entry by giving away recycling materials to the municipality’s waste truck. Feel free to fall on the ice, we promise we will not laugh.<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/International+Peace+Park/@40.9899256,28.9176482,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14cabb97b3ef5727:0x8e6da8ea0188ba4a!8m2!3d40.9899216!4d28.9198369?shorturl=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">International Peace Park</a>: It is one of the parks built by the International Peace Garden Foundations that was established 18 years ago in the United States. The country where the Peace Garden is opened determines the next country where another Peace Garden is going to be built. So Bosnia and Herzegovina is next. The benches in the garden look like they were built to enjoy the sea view and spend time reading. Another name, or to put it correctly, the old name of the garden renowned for its tulips is ‘Bulbous Plants Parks’. Do not be puzzled if someone tells you one of its older names as a meeting point, ay!Click <a fr-original-style="" href="https://goo.gl/maps/KaSTemGVpLfeb7Ji9" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here</a> to reach the map from Google Maps.

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We started the day with the essential and fixed oils and fresh scent produced from the plants in the Medicinal Plants Garden. 

The Zeytinburnu route from the animal shelter to the ice rink

Biennial venuesZeytinburnu Medicinal Plants Garden (Tıbbi Bitkiler Bahçesi):&nbsp;Located in Merkez Efendi District and open to the public, the Medicinal Plants Garden has a total of 700 medicinal plants originating from Turkey and other countries. It is open every day and admission is free. It’s a non-commercial garden. It offers courses for pre-school children above 2 years of age, professional groups, herbalists, art institutions, schools and pharmacists. It is also a garden for festivals and animal lovers take courses here. Designers and photographers also frequently visit the garden. In short, whatever and whoever you are looking for is here. The oils extracted by the garden’s plants are waiting for you at the entrance. You can also learn more about the benefits of the oils from the staff, do not hesitate to ask them.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891837517.jpeg" width="550" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="0.80" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Who knows what this is called?<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Cultural centres<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.fisekhane.com/tr/sayfa/cocoon-by-cif.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Cocoon by CIF:</a> Contemporary Istanbul — Art, Culture &amp; Education Foundation. Lastly, it hosted Ebru Ceylan’s photography exhibition entitled ‘Dünyanın Gecesi (Earth’s Night)’. We are looking forward to the next one to be hosted here.Yedikule Hisarı Museum: If you want to walk through Ottoman and Byzantine history, this museum is for you. You can get on and off Marmaray on a Saturday and treat yourself to an open-air museum.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891980555.jpeg" width="550" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="0.80" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">It's looking splendid<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Yedikule Animal Shelter: Watery eyes, high-pitched voices, and paws coming over you. We know you want to adopt them all. But for today, it is more than enough to welcome one to your place.Lokanta, cafés and eateriesRahmi Usta: Piyaz and grilled meatballs await you right next to Merkez Efendi Millet Kıraathanesi. It sounds like the best menu ever for a break, doesn’t it?Rumeli Tatlıcısı: Signature ice cream flavours in summer, tulumba in winter. Blueberry ice cream is our favourite but to be honest, we would not miss the chance to have their trileçe.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891879539.jpeg" width="550" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="0.80" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Crunchy on the outside, soft in the inside. This is called "tulumba"<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Pidebank: Its pide (pita) with kasseri accompanied with tomato salad is too good to be true.Ciğerhane: Thinly-sliced and fried liver with sumac onions. Mouth-watering, isn’t it? Our thoughts, exactly.ShopsMerkez Efendi Bakery: Too hot to handle. Einkorn bread. But their specialty is turmeric sourdough bread. Grab one and take it to your loved ones.BuildingsMonastery of the Life-giving Spring: Its original name is Zoodochos Pege, meaning ‘life-giving spring’. Black and red fish in the pool are so beautiful that it is definitely a must-see. You can also get free water in small bottles on the stairs next to the pool.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/0/1662891942318.jpeg" width="550" style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="0.80" fr-original-style="width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Make a wish<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Parks and greeneriesZeytinburnu Ice Rink: You can have your free entry by giving away recycling materials to the municipality’s waste truck. Feel free to fall on &nbsp;the ice, we promise we will not laugh.International Peace Park: It is one of the parks built by the International Peace Garden Foundations that was established 18 years ago in the United States. The country where the Peace Garden is opened determines the next country where another Peace Garden is going to be built. So Bosnia and Herzegovina is next. The benches in the garden look like they were built to enjoy the sea view and spend time reading. Another name, or to put it correctly, the old name of the garden renowned for its tulips is ‘Bulbous Plants Parks’. Do not be puzzled if someone tells you one of its older names as a meeting point, ay!Click <a fr-original-style="" href="https://goo.gl/maps/KaSTemGVpLfeb7Ji9" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here</a> to reach the map from Google Maps.

We started the day with the essential and fixed oils and fresh scent produced from the plants in the Medicinal Plants Garden. We walked towards the International Peace Park, had our blueberry ice cream, read our books, and tried to stand still on the ice rink.


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