This organisation provides outdoors training and adventure-sport weekends aimed principally at adrenaline-hungry business people. Activities include low-...

A spacious hall with two full-sized snooker tables, three proper pool tables and another three that are slightly undersized. For a change of pace, there are...

This bowling café is one of the most popular among young people in Istanbul. There are also pool tables, and a café serving fast food and snacks.

National league champions and Turkish Cup winners in 2009, the Beşiktaş 'Black Eagles' are resurgent. The club's Inönü Stadium is the city's most...

Lagging behind their footballing colleagues, Beşiktaş haven't won the basketball championship since 1975.

This no-frills hamam is favoured by locals. The name means 'the big bathhouse' - indeed, this is Istanbul's largest. The huge hararet has 60 wash stations,...

More or less unchanged since it was built in 1741, Caĸaloĸlu - pronounced 'jaah-lo-loo' - is Istanbul's most famous hamam. It is often used as a backdrop...

Possibly the cleanest and most atmospheric hamam in town. Built in 1584 by Sinan, it was commissioned by Nurbanu, wife of Sultan Selim the Sot, as a...

Right on the banks of the Bosphorus, the Çıraĸan's 33m-long (108ft) outdoor pool boasts the most spectacular setting in Istanbul. The indoor pool is a third...

Adventure sports centre organising group activities that include rafting, mountain climbing, caving, camping, trekking and paragliding, all under the...

Founded in 1976, Efes Pilsen have won the Turkish title 12 times. In 1996, they scored their biggest success when they bagged the European Korac Cup.

Facilities for swimming, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball and athletics, with nine-week courses for children in swimming and tennis (YTL295).

Despite winning a record number of Turkish league championships and having the deepest pockets of any Turkish team, Fener's European record is weak....

Fenerbahçe last won the national championship way back in 1991. In 2006, they merged with Ülkerspor and pilfered the stronger squad's roster in a bid to...