Caddebostan Beach/Park

With spring approaching and the weather getting nicer, I started looking into the beaches surrounding Istanbul.  I found that there was a free one near Kadakoy called Caddebostan, so the boys and I set out to find it one afternoon while Nate browsed a nearby bookstore.

The beach wasn't very hard to find.  We took the 4 Bostanci bus about 7-8 stops down, got off too early, and walked a bit.  The beach itself was a bit of a disappointment though.  It was dirty, with a lot of seaweed and jellyfish washed up near the shore.  It made for good pictures nonetheless.

There's a nice park that runs parallel to the beach though, and that made for a nice afternoon walk.  The park is huge, grassy, and had a nice playground on it, though it was a bit crowded on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

There was at least one other beach further down too, but we didn't quite make it that far.  The boys got a bit tired and crabby, so we headed to a nearby McD's for some happy meals and then headed back to the Iskeli via taxi.