This is İstanbul as a text adventure. It uses the same real, named places as the 3D version, and every building is described the way you'd find it inside. It works with any screen reader and keyboard, and you don't need graphics.
Type a command and press Enter, or use the buttons. Try look, north, go to and a place name, enter, menu, order 1, sit, talk, leave or help.
2,500 named places from the real map are in this walk. Here is what each kind is like when you step through the door, with real examples you can visit:
Shelves of goods run in rows toward the back, there's a display table near the door, and a register counter sits beside the entrance.
For example: Altan Sekerleme, Akalınlar Mutfak, Birsen Kolonyaları, Şarkı Çikolata.
Tables with paired chairs fill the room, and high-backed booths run down one wall. A chalkboard menu hangs over the kitchen counter at the back, where a server stands ready. Posters brighten the side wall.
For example: Altan Şekerleme, Sehrin Teras, Kösem Büfe, Küffette Köfte.
The espresso machine hisses behind a wooden counter, next to a grinder and a glass case of pastries. A chalkboard lists the drinks. Small round tables fill the room, and a sofa corner with a rug, a lamp and a bookcase sits by the window. Warm bulbs hang low over everything.
For example: Eminönü Börekçisi, Hancı Cafe, Eminönü Balikçisi ve Cafe, Husnu Ala Cafe.
The lobby has a long front desk with a brass bell and a wall of key-card slots behind it. There's a red rug with a sofa and armchairs, tall potted plants, a brass luggage cart and two elevator doors. A chandelier glitters overhead. Past the lobby, a corridor leads to guest rooms, each with a bed, nightstands and lamps, a TV on the dresser and a window.
For example: Görür Hotel, Hal hotel, Tuana Hotel, Sea star hotel.
Desks with chairs, a bookcase of files and a few plants. It's quiet apart from keyboards.
For example: Galata, CoBAC WORKSPACE, İBB Süleymaniye Plan Yapım Ofisi, Tarih Vakfı.
Rows of pews split by a centre aisle lead to an altar at the front, with a plant standing on either side. It's calm and still.
For example: Kantarcılar Mescidi, Kepenekçi Sinan Camii, Siyavuş Paşa Medresesi, Hoca Hamza Camii.
Long shelf aisles run the length of the store, stocked with colourful goods. A glowing cooler wall lines the back, and checkout lanes wait near the front.
For example: AYAR GIDA, Tadım büfe, Hocaogullari Gida Kuruyemis, Nasip Ticaret.
A front office greets you. Down the corridor, classrooms have rows of small desks all facing a whiteboard, with the teacher's desk in the corner.
For example: İstanbul yabancı diller bölümü, İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi, Istanbul University iktisad faculty ek Bina 1, İstanbul üniversitesi sağlık kültür ve spor daire başkanlığı.
A service counter faces a row of waiting chairs, and a flag stands in the corner. Offices open off a corridor.
For example: Hilye-i Serif ve Tesbih Muzesi, Marmara Belediyeler Birliği, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, İktisat Fakültesi Kütüphanesi.
A bright counter runs across the back with three registers, and lit menu screens hang above it. Behind the counter you can hear the fryers hiss and the grill sizzle. Two touch-screen kiosks stand near the door, a soda fountain hums along the right wall, and booths line the left wall, with small two-seat tables in the middle.
For example: Hüma balık köfte ve döner, Sezgin döner, Eminönü Bereket Döner, Beyza Sebzeli Doner.
Styling chairs line one wall in front of mirrors, waiting chairs sit opposite, and the front counter is by the door.
For example: Hasırcılar Kebap Salonu, Mavi Haliç Pide Salonu, Salon ibo, 24/7 Kebap Salonu.
White aisles of boxes in blue, red and green run toward a pharmacy counter at the back under a big PHARMACY sign. Shelves of prescriptions sit behind the counter, and a blood-pressure chair waits near the front.
For example: Sema Eczanesi, Tahtakale Eczanesi, Hasırcılar Eczanesi, Üniversite Eczanesi.
It's dim and warm. A long wooden bar runs down one side with stools and a row of beer taps, and backlit shelves of bottles glow amber behind it. Neon strips glow on the back wall, a game plays on a TV, and there's a pool table with the balls racked. Booths fill the other wall.
For example: Layale Lübnan Lounge Bosphorus, Zolozzo Lounge, VeraLux Lounge, Stera Lounge The Bosphorus.
Tall wooden bookcases cover the walls, and tables of new releases are stacked with colourful spines. There's a reading nook with two armchairs, a rug and a standing lamp. The register is by the door, and warm pendant lights hang overhead.
For example: Süleymaniye Kitap Şifahanesi, Kitap satış merkezi, Ahmet kitap evi, İstanbul Kitapçısı.
A waiting room with chairs and a coffee table faces the reception desk. Down the hall, exam rooms each have a bed, a small desk and a chair.
For example: İstanbul Esnaf Hastanesi, Op.Dr.Ahmet Yarangümeli Kadın Hastalıkları Ve Doğum, Dr. Berrin Caglayan Asker Jinekolog Oparatör Dr.Berrin Çağlayan, Doctor junior.
Rails of hanging clothes fill the floor, folded shirts line the wall shelves, and two mannequins stand near the door. Fitting rooms with curtains run along one side next to a tall mirror.
For example: Astra Boutique Hotel, My Boutique Hotel, Apparel, Converse.
A long teller counter runs across the back, a row of waiting chairs sits by the door, and banker's desks with chairs are spread across the floor.
For example: Ziraat bank, Turkey İş Bank Museum, Burgan bank, Türkiye Bank.
Glass display cases glitter with gems under bright lights, more cases line the walls, and the register is at the back.
For example: Sercan Jewelry, İHSAN BAKIR JEWELLERY, almassa_gold_jewelery.
It smells of wood smoke and baking dough. A brick dome oven glows orange at the back with a stack of split logs beside it. Pies sit under glass on the counter, a chalkboard menu hangs on the brick wall, and the tables have red-and-white checked cloths with shakers of chili flakes and parmesan.
For example: campus pizza, Samsun Bafra Pide ve Pizza.
Tall orange shelving racks rise almost to the ceiling, stacked with boxes and bags. A pegboard wall is covered in tools, paint cans are stacked in a corner, and a pile of lumber smells of fresh-cut pine.
For example: Al Nalburiye, Bereket Nalbur ve Emlak.
Fluorescent lights hum over narrow aisles packed floor to ceiling with snacks and drinks. Glass-door coolers glow along the back wall. By the register, hot dogs turn on a roller grill under a heat lamp, the slushie machine churns red and blue, and the coffee station smells burnt in the best way.
For example: Opet Tahtakale.
Exercise mats, barbells and punching bags fill the floor. Dumbbells sit on a rack, and the front desk is by the door.
For example: King Fitness Center.
Pedestals with artefacts stand in a grid across the gallery, with benches for resting and an information desk by the door.
For example: Rezan Has Museum.
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