Fevpark Dragos Go-Kart

On the heights of Dragos, in Kartal, on the Asian side of Istanbul, Fevpark Dragos offers an open-air karting track within a leisure park designed to be accessible to everyone. The venue highlights its layout adapted for people with disabilities, an approach still rare in Turkish karting, which opens the sport to audiences often left out. You drive petrol karts here, in the open air, with views over the Sea of Marmara.

Karting stays open with no licence or experience: a briefing, a helmet, and you head off to find your best lap. The format suits families as much as groups of friends out to race each other, and the focus on inclusion lets everyone take part in good conditions. As the activity takes place outdoors, it is best to check opening times by season before coming. People come for the speed and the relaxed mood of a family park by the sea.

Kartal is a lively district on the Asian side of Istanbul, opening onto the Sea of Marmara and its redeveloped waterfront. From the Dragos hill, the view stretches across the water to the Princes' Islands, reachable by ferry from the nearby port for a car-free escape by bike or horse-drawn carriage. The Asian side also holds the busy quarters of Maltepe and Bostancı, their promenades and marinas. The metro and ferry lines easily connect the area to the rest of the metropolis, a way to combine motorsport with a stroll by the water.