name: Tavşanadası, “rabbit” from tavşan (Turkish), Neandros (Greek), from a mythological figure’s name; Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city European (Sirkeci, Kabataş, Yenikapı) and Asian (Bostancı, Kartal) ferry ports to Tavşanadası port

specialties: car free [...]

name: Sivriada, “sharp” from sivri (Turkish), Oxeia or Okseia, “sharp” from oxeía (Greek); Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city European (Sirkeci, Kabataş, Yenikapı) and Asian (Bostancı, Kartal) ferry ports to Sivriada port

places of interest: settlement ruins (Roman), chapel, church, cistern remains, graves, monastery remains (Byzantine) [...]

name: Yassıada, “flat” from yassı (Turkish), Plati (Greek); Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city European (Sirkeci, Kabataş, Yenikapı) and Asian (Bostancı, Kartal) ferry ports to Yassıada port

beaches: favourite location for scuba diving schools and amateur divers

castles: British ambassador’s castle

places of interest: church, monastery, 4 underground prison cells remains [...]

name: Kaşık Adası, “spoon” from kaşık (Turkish), Pita (Greek); Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city European (Sirkeci, Kabataş, Yenikapı) and Asian (Bostancı, Kartal) ferry ports to Kaşık Adası port

specialties: car free; spoon-shaped, whence its name [...]

name: Sedef Adası, “mother-of-pearl” from sedef (Turkish), Antirovithos (Greek), Androvitha or Andircuithos, Terebinthos, “turpentine” from terebinthine (Ancient Greek); Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city European (Sirkeci, Kabataş, Yenikapı) and Asian (Bostancı, Kartal) ferry ports to Sedef Adası port

specialties: car free, building code protecting its nature and environment [...]

name: Kınalıada, “henna” from kına (Turkish), “first” from Proti (Greek); Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city ferry port Kabataş (north European part) to Kınalıada ferry port

specialties: car free; the closest to Istanbul (European and Asian parts), whence its Greek name; most used as an exile place (Byzantines) with most notable exile emperor Romanos IV Diogenes of Byzantine Empire [...]

name: Burgazada, Burgazadası or Burgaz, “fort” from burgaz (Turkish), Antigoni (Greek), from a mythological figure’s name and the fort named after him; Red Islands, Prens Adaları (Turkish), Kızıl Adalar (local) or Adalar (official), ta Prinkiponisa or Prinkiponisia (Greek), Prinkēpōn nēsoi (Ancient Greek)

location: Marmara Sea, Princes’ Islands, Istanbul, Turkey

reach: from the city European (Sirkeci, Kabataş, Yenikapı) and Asian (Bostancı, Kartal) ferry ports to Burgazada ferry port

castles: fort by Demetrius I of Macedon, Alexander III of Macedon [...]