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Art space in a former bank building featuring a gallery, a cafe & a library with free Wi-Fi.
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Reviews — 8
A nice gallery with friendly staff. There is a library in it.
No entrance fee.
No entrance fee.
Great library, great workspace, and many other great resources.
My only complaint is the customer service in the canteen area. It's not just here, but it's common throughout Istanbul for many of the workers to be incapable of talking to customers with courtesy and kindness. It's as if they don't want the business. I now understand why there's not a strong Turkish tipping culture. If we fix this, Turkiye would be a much better tourist destination.
My only complaint is the customer service in the canteen area. It's not just here, but it's common throughout Istanbul for many of the workers to be incapable of talking to customers with courtesy and kindness. It's as if they don't want the business. I now understand why there's not a strong Turkish tipping culture. If we fix this, Turkiye would be a much better tourist destination.
It is a great place to do some research. I came across a small book named "Su yolu haritası" it was very interesting book with some maps inside. I wonder if they have a pdf version of the book. Lately, I am interested in map, GIS.
It was a hot day, planning to visit again in fall to do some research.
It was a hot day, planning to visit again in fall to do some research.
Free to visit place. I was at weekend. No activities inside but you can go in and look around. Monumental building with amazing views. Cafe inside
This library is beautiful. An enchanting place where foreigners came to take picture. There is a restaurant too but I don't know if its halal or not.
As the weather was extremely bad and we didn’t want to be spending more money on museums, we decided to visit this place because it seemed like an interesting option. The boulding is beautiful, you can visit many floors and there’s a nice view at the top. The café is also good and the food was surprisingly cheap. Definitely worth visiting in my opinion
Salt Galata has many things inside that most of the people probably don’t know. In the first floor there is a library with working place on the left side of entrance. If you go straight you end up in a cafe and also neolokal (michelin star restaurant) kitchen. And on the upper floor from there is the restaurant itself. If you go up from the entrance you see workshops that’s been used for many occasions. And in downstairs there is a working place for graduate and phd students but if you ask to go in to the museum they lead you to the vault of the ottoman bank. Crazy place that you have to see. The old money and the other parts and the door everything is very nostalgic and fascinating.