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Bosphorus parks and the vast Belgrad Forest give dogs room, while waterside cafés keep bowls out.
6 places4 categories6 neighbourhoods1 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Harbiye / Şişli, Sarıyer, Fenerbahçe / Kadıköy, Bebek / Beşiktaş, Caddebostan / Kadıköy, Caferağa / Kadıköy.
No photo yetA large central park in the Dolmabahçe Valley with lawns, ponds, walking and jogging paths, fitness areas and a cable car running overhead.
No photo yetIstanbul's largest forest at roughly 5,300 hectares in the north, with marked hiking and cycling trails, picnic areas and Ottoman-era dams and aqueducts.
No photo yetA seaside park on the Kadıköy waterfront with lawns, sports courts, walking and running tracks and views of the Marmara Sea and marina.
No photo yetA historic Bosphorus-shore park renovated by the Sabancı Foundation in 2008, with centuries-old trees, walkways and a playground.
No photo yetA popular all-day restaurant chain branch on Bağdat Avenue serving international food, from breakfast to pizza, pasta and steaks.
No photo yetA stylish specialty coffee shop in Kadıköy known for high-quality beans, sustainable cups and a heated outdoor terrace.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
No venue can pay to be listed or to rank higher, and no listing carries an invented rating or a stock photograph standing in for the real place. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will re-check it.
Heath and common land where off-lead walking is written into the rules, plus pubs with a dog wash in the garden.
A brasserie that says outright it welcomes dogs, dog cafes in the Marais, and one of the city's thirteen off-leash areas.
Beer gardens older than most countries, a forest where the lake is legally open to dogs, and the most dog-tolerant cafe culture in Europe.
Brown cafes with a dog under the table, a designated dog beach on the Gaasperplas, and a canal-house hotel that takes one small dog.
Terraces where a leashed dog is welcome by law, the city's one official dog beach, and a brewery hall with room to spare.
Third-wave coffee with a water bowl, the first dog park in the old city, and a rooftop with a view over the Tagus.
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