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Istanbul Modern and the waterside cafés are directly below, and from some rooms you look across to the old city.",{"type":854,"content":1112},[1113],{"text":1114,"type":858},"It feels international and relaxed, with a lobby bar used as much by neighbours as by guests, and rooms larger than is usual on this side of the bridge. It is a strong pick for anyone who wants modern comfort within walking distance of both Galata and the ferries to the Asian side. Less suited to anyone looking for Ottoman atmosphere, which you will not find here.",{"id":14,"alt":1098,"name":16,"focus":16,"title":1098,"source":904,"filename":1116,"copyright":904,"fieldtype":18,"meta_data":1117},"https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fpicolo\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1793944872\u002FPicolo\u002FHotels\u002Fistanbul\u002F10-karakoy-istanbul.jpg",{"alt":1098,"source":904,"copyright":904},"Check availability and prices at 10 Karaköy",{"uuid":1120,"name":1098,"full_slug":1121,"content":1122},"3a86eeb2-ba1a-4c4b-94cd-97490801574a","en-gb\u002Fpicolo\u002Fhotels\u002Fturkey\u002Fistanbul\u002F10-karakoy",{"component":914,"body":1123},[1124],{"component":917,"_uid":1125,"gallery":1126,"chips":1135,"address":1136},"154102f4-320a-40de-841e-30af11368274",[1127],["Reactive",1128],{"id":16,"alt":1129,"name":16,"focus":16,"title":1098,"width":1130,"height":1131,"source":904,"filename":1116,"copyright":904,"fieldtype":18,"meta_data":1132,"public_id":1133,"aspect_ratio":1134,"is_external_url":142},"The lobby at 10 Karaköy in Istanbul",2758,1551,{"alt":1129,"title":1098,"source":904,"copyright":904},"Picolo\u002FHotels\u002Fistanbul\u002F10-karakoy-istanbul",1.7782076079948421,"Modern design\nLobby bar\nKaraköy\nFerries\nIstanbul Modern","Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey",{"id":16,"url":1138,"target":932,"linktype":933,"fieldtype":30,"cached_url":1138},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hotels.com\u002Faffiliate?landingPage=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.hotels.com%2Fh9069626.Hotel-Information&camref=1011l3YCde&creativeref=1011l66932&adref=PZkb3AlI9O",{"_uid":1140,"name":1141,"text":1142,"chips":16,"image":1158,"address":16,"district":1161,"good_for":16,"component":908,"cta_label":1162,"offer_page":1163,"price_from":16,"price_source":16,"review_label":16,"affiliate_url":1178},"4a0e9b52-c142-4883-95d8-2dd9b5cfc3e3","Pera Palace Hotel",{"type":851,"content":1143},[1144,1150,1154],{"type":854,"content":1145},[1146],{"text":1147,"type":858,"marks":1148},"Built for passengers of the Orient Express",[1149],{"type":894},{"type":854,"content":1151},[1152],{"text":1153,"type":858},"The hotel was built to house travellers arriving on the Orient Express, and it still looks the part: a lift in wrought iron and wood, a tea lounge with domes in the ceiling, and a room named after Agatha Christie, who is said to have written here. 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The caveat is that history costs a little in smaller bathrooms and stiffer rooms than the new hotels offer, and the street outside is busy.",{"id":14,"alt":1141,"name":16,"focus":16,"title":1141,"source":904,"filename":1159,"copyright":904,"fieldtype":18,"meta_data":1160},"https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fpicolo\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1793944892\u002FPicolo\u002FHotels\u002Fistanbul\u002Fpera-palace-hotel-istanbul.jpg",{"alt":1141,"source":904,"copyright":904},"Beyoğlu and Nişantaşı","Check availability and prices at Pera Palace Hotel",{"uuid":1164,"name":1141,"full_slug":1165,"content":1166},"730e8a23-9ba1-4612-98c4-4d81142c1d7c","en-gb\u002Fpicolo\u002Fhotels\u002Fturkey\u002Fistanbul\u002Fpera-palace-hotel",{"component":914,"body":1167},[1168],{"component":917,"_uid":1169,"gallery":1170,"chips":1176,"address":1177},"8c7c2505-f8fa-4adb-9aaf-a05a2d024445",[1171],["Reactive",1172],{"id":16,"alt":1173,"name":16,"focus":16,"title":1141,"width":327,"height":344,"source":904,"filename":1159,"copyright":904,"fieldtype":18,"meta_data":1174,"public_id":1175,"aspect_ratio":349,"is_external_url":142},"The historic interior of Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul",{"alt":1173,"title":1141,"source":904,"copyright":904},"Picolo\u002FHotels\u002Fistanbul\u002Fpera-palace-hotel-istanbul","Orient Express\nHistoric hotel\nTea lounge\nAgatha Christie\nIstiklal Avenue","Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey",{"id":16,"url":1179,"target":932,"linktype":933,"fieldtype":30,"cached_url":1179},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hotels.com\u002Faffiliate?landingPage=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.hotels.com%2Fh20555.Hotel-Information&camref=1011l3YCde&creativeref=1011l66932&adref=PZkb3AlI9O",{"_uid":1181,"name":1182,"text":1183,"chips":16,"image":1199,"address":16,"district":1161,"good_for":16,"component":908,"cta_label":1202,"offer_page":1203,"price_from":16,"price_source":16,"review_label":16,"affiliate_url":1221},"a3bcb682-65f4-415a-8247-047955733dd8","Park Hyatt Istanbul Maçka Palas",{"type":851,"content":1184},[1185,1191,1195],{"type":854,"content":1186},[1187],{"text":1188,"type":858,"marks":1189},"Art deco and a private hammam in the room",[1190],{"type":894},{"type":854,"content":1192},[1193],{"text":1194,"type":858},"The hotel occupies an art deco building in Nişantaşı, the quarter of the city's most expensive shops and best restaurants, and it is not large. What sets it apart from everything else in town is the bathrooms: many rooms have their own Turkish bath in marble, with a heated bench and brass taps, so you can take a hammam without sharing it with anyone.",{"type":854,"content":1196},[1197],{"text":1198,"type":858},"It appeals to anyone who wants calm, good food round the corner and a hotel that feels like a private flat. Nişantaşı is a half-hour walk or a short taxi ride from Taksim, and further from Sultanahmet. 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The pool sits right at the water's edge, so you swim with tankers and ferries as your only horizon, and the garden behind is large enough to forget you are in a city of fifteen million people.",{"type":854,"content":1238},[1239],{"text":1240,"type":858},"This is a hotel for an occasion: a honeymoon, a big birthday, or simply a weekend where the holiday rather than the city is the point. Rooms in the hotel wing are large and classical; the suites in the palace itself are something else entirely. The wrong choice for anyone who wants to walk to Hagia Sophia before breakfast, since that is half an hour by taxi in good traffic.",{"id":14,"alt":864,"name":16,"focus":16,"title":864,"source":904,"filename":1242,"copyright":904,"fieldtype":18,"meta_data":1243},"https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fpicolo\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1793944918\u002FPicolo\u002FHotels\u002Fistanbul\u002Fcragan-palace-kempinski-istanbul.jpg",{"alt":864,"source":904,"copyright":904},"The Bosphorus","Check availability and prices at Çırağan Palace Kempinski",{"uuid":1247,"name":864,"full_slug":1248,"content":1249},"9ada07da-a74a-4883-be1c-05a7398c07f4","en-gb\u002Fpicolo\u002Fhotels\u002Fturkey\u002Fistanbul\u002Fciragan-palace-kempinski",{"component":914,"body":1250},[1251],{"component":917,"_uid":1252,"gallery":1253,"chips":1261,"address":1262},"72bb6f5d-4f8a-44cb-9012-fac9d0cd56dd",[1254],["Reactive",1255],{"id":16,"alt":1256,"name":16,"focus":16,"title":864,"width":327,"height":1257,"source":904,"filename":1242,"copyright":904,"fieldtype":18,"meta_data":1258,"public_id":1259,"aspect_ratio":1260,"is_external_url":142},"The marble facade of Çırağan Palace Kempinski on the Bosphorus",2159,{"alt":1256,"title":864,"source":904,"copyright":904},"Picolo\u002FHotels\u002Fistanbul\u002Fcragan-palace-kempinski-istanbul",1.778601204261232,"Ottoman palace\nWaterside pool\nBosphorus\nGardens\nHoneymoon","Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey",{"id":16,"url":1264,"target":932,"linktype":933,"fieldtype":30,"cached_url":1264},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hotels.com\u002Faffiliate?landingPage=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.hotels.com%2Fh12238140.Hotel-Information&camref=1011l3YCde&creativeref=1011l66932&adref=PZkb3AlI9O",{"_uid":1266,"name":1267,"text":1268,"chips":16,"image":1284,"address":16,"district":1244,"good_for":16,"component":908,"cta_label":1287,"offer_page":1288,"price_from":16,"price_source":16,"review_label":16,"affiliate_url":1302},"bfe200b7-81a4-4d1e-bc5a-4de5ecf3a9a8","Shangri-La Bosphorus",{"type":851,"content":1269},[1270,1276,1280],{"type":854,"content":1271},[1272],{"text":1273,"type":858,"marks":1274},"Asian calm by the Beşiktaş quay",[1275],{"type":894},{"type":854,"content":1277},[1278],{"text":1279,"type":858},"The hotel sits right on the water in Beşiktaş, beside the Naval Museum and a couple of minutes from the ferry pier where the boats leave for Kadıköy and Üsküdar. Inside it is light, high-ceilinged and hushed, with large rooms, many of which look straight out over the strait, and an indoor pool and spa for the rainy days.",{"type":854,"content":1281},[1282],{"text":1283,"type":858},"It is well suited to anyone who wants the Bosphorus outside the window but also easy access to the rest of the city: the ferry from Beşiktaş is the fastest route to the Asian side, and Dolmabahçe Palace is next door. It feels more international than Turkish. 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The Golden Horn, the narrow inlet that splits the European side, separates the old city of Sultanahmet from Galata and Beyoğlu across the Galata Bridge. On the Sultanahmet side you sleep among Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Topkapı Palace, and you walk to everything you have seen in photographs. On the Galata side you sleep among cafés, galleries and people who live here. Further north lie Nişantaşı, with the shops, and the Bosphorus shore, with the palace hotels and the water directly below the window.",{"type":854,"content":1318},[1319],{"text":1320,"type":858},"We have chosen ten hotels in four areas, from a mid-range hotel with a roof terrace to a former sultan's palace. The honest caveat first: distances in Istanbul are long, the traffic is heavy, and you will spend more time getting around than you expect. Choose your district by what you want to do in the evenings, not by what you want to see during the day. The sights you will reach by tram and ferry regardless.",{"type":1322,"attrs":1323,"content":1325},"heading",{"level":1324},2,[1326],{"text":1327,"type":858},"How to choose a hotel in Istanbul",{"type":1329,"content":1330},"bullet_list",[1331,1342,1352,1362,1372],{"type":1332,"content":1333},"list_item",[1334],{"type":854,"content":1335},[1336,1340],{"text":1337,"type":858,"marks":1338},"Pick your side of the Golden Horn first:",[1339],{"type":894},{"text":1341,"type":858}," Sultanahmet is the monuments, Galata and Beyoğlu are the city at night. The T1 tram links them across the Galata Bridge, but in the evening you want to be where you plan to eat.",{"type":1332,"content":1343},[1344],{"type":854,"content":1345},[1346,1350],{"text":1347,"type":858,"marks":1348},"Sultanahmet closes early:",[1349],{"type":894},{"text":1351,"type":858}," The old city is lovely by day and silent once the restaurants shut. If you want bars and life after eleven, you need to be across the bridge.",{"type":1332,"content":1353},[1354],{"type":854,"content":1355},[1356,1360],{"text":1357,"type":858,"marks":1358},"A roof terrace counts for more than stars:",[1359],{"type":894},{"text":1361,"type":858}," Many mid-range hotels in Sultanahmet have a rooftop facing Hagia Sophia or the Sea of Marmara, and it is worth more than an extra star in the name.",{"type":1332,"content":1363},[1364],{"type":854,"content":1365},[1366,1370],{"text":1367,"type":858,"marks":1368},"The Bosphorus hotels are a world of their own:",[1369],{"type":894},{"text":1371,"type":858}," The palace hotels on the water give you views and calm, but you will take taxis or ferries to reach anything else. Stay there for a holiday in the city, not to see the city.",{"type":1332,"content":1373},[1374],{"type":854,"content":1375},[1376,1380],{"text":1377,"type":858,"marks":1378},"The airport decides your first and last night:",[1379],{"type":894},{"text":1381,"type":858}," Istanbul Airport is far to the north on the European side, Sabiha Gökçen is on the Asian side. Check which one you land at before booking an early departure from the wrong half of the city.",{"type":1322,"attrs":1383,"content":1384},{"level":1324},[1385],{"text":1386,"type":858},"The areas",{"type":1329,"content":1388},[1389,1399,1409,1419],{"type":1332,"content":1390},[1391],{"type":854,"content":1392},[1393,1397],{"text":1394,"type":858,"marks":1395},"Sultanahmet:",[1396],{"type":894},{"text":1398,"type":858}," Sultanahmet is the peninsula between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara, and everything on the postcards stands here within a few hundred metres. The T1 tram stops in the middle, and from Eminönü at the bottom of the hill the ferries go everywhere.",{"type":1332,"content":1400},[1401],{"type":854,"content":1402},[1403,1407],{"text":1404,"type":858,"marks":1405},"Galata and Karaköy:",[1406],{"type":894},{"text":1408,"type":858}," Across the Galata Bridge the city climbs steeply towards the Galata Tower. Karaköy, down by the water, has gone from dockside to café and gallery district, and the streets up to the tower are full of small shops and hotels in old apartment buildings.",{"type":1332,"content":1410},[1411],{"type":854,"content":1412},[1413,1417],{"text":1414,"type":858,"marks":1415},"Beyoğlu and Nişantaşı:",[1416],{"type":894},{"text":1418,"type":858}," Beyoğlu is the district around Istiklal Avenue and Taksim, where Istanbul has gone out in the evening for more than a century. Nişantaşı, further north, is the district of boutiques and restaurants, calmer and more prosperous.",{"type":1332,"content":1420},[1421],{"type":854,"content":1422},[1423,1427],{"text":1424,"type":858,"marks":1425},"The Bosphorus:",[1426],{"type":894},{"text":1428,"type":858}," Between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy the old sultans' palaces line the European shore. Several have become hotels, with the boats passing close enough that you hear the engines from the edge of the pool.",[],"0","BodyBlock",{"_uid":1433,"items":1434,"title":1481,"anchor":1482,"component":1483},"827e1e5f-e914-4c21-ab17-ba21be32a192",[1435,1445,1454,1463,1472],{"_uid":1436,"open":142,"answer":1437,"question":1443,"component":1444},"3a736c38-0886-496f-89fd-2b85e44e9dd1",{"type":851,"content":1438},[1439],{"type":854,"content":1440},[1441],{"text":1442,"type":858},"Sultanahmet is the simplest choice for a first visit, since you walk to Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Topkapı. Galata and Karaköy suit anyone who wants cafés and nightlife, and the Bosphorus hotels suit anyone who wants views and calm over sights.","Where should I stay in Istanbul?","FaqItem",{"_uid":1446,"open":142,"answer":1447,"question":1453,"component":1444},"c0d6681b-2d27-4d4d-8f51-718f6cc596dc",{"type":851,"content":1448},[1449],{"type":854,"content":1450},[1451],{"text":1452,"type":858},"Sultanahmet is best for short stays where the monuments are the point; Beyoğlu and Galata are best for longer stays and for anyone who wants to eat and go out in the evening. The tram across the Galata Bridge joins them in about a quarter of an hour.","Is it better to stay in Sultanahmet or Beyoğlu?",{"_uid":1455,"open":142,"answer":1456,"question":1462,"component":1444},"4f9cd0a5-fa7c-46b9-8c09-1e57ef7c74dd",{"type":851,"content":1457},[1458],{"type":854,"content":1459},[1460],{"text":1461,"type":858},"Yes, the districts in this guide are safe in the evening too. Watch for pickpockets on Istiklal Avenue and in the Grand Bazaar, and use a metered or app-booked taxi rather than negotiating on the street.","Is Istanbul safe for tourists?",{"_uid":1464,"open":142,"answer":1465,"question":1471,"component":1444},"81e43d69-f4dd-4809-907b-d06d4a919ae2",{"type":851,"content":1466},[1467],{"type":854,"content":1468},[1469],{"text":1470,"type":858},"Three nights covers Sultanahmet, the bazaars and an evening in Galata. With four or five you can add a Bosphorus cruise, the Asian side and time for a hammam.","How many nights do I need in Istanbul?",{"_uid":1473,"open":142,"answer":1474,"question":1480,"component":1444},"de419600-3ade-4328-9b19-b61e8f84e827",{"type":851,"content":1475},[1476],{"type":854,"content":1477},[1478],{"text":1479,"type":858},"Stay on the European side the first time, where all the monuments and most of the hotels in this guide are. The Asian side, with Kadıköy, is a fine ferry trip, and a place to stay once you already know the city.","Should I stay on the European or the Asian side of Istanbul?","Frequently asked questions about hotels in Istanbul","faq","FaqList",{"_uid":1485,"text":1486,"author":16,"byline":16,"overline":1487,"component":1488},"152a1b53-3fa8-4081-940d-5f431ed5b956","Spring and autumn are the season: April and May bring tulips in the parks, September and October bring clear days over the Bosphorus. Hotels in Sultanahmet fill fast in these months, so book two to three months ahead.\n\nRamadan and the holidays move: During Ramadan the old city is lively after sunset and quieter by day, and in the holidays that follow many Turks travel to Istanbul. The dates shift every year, so check them before choosing your week.\n\nWinter is underrated: November to February is low season, with fewer people in Hagia Sophia and more room in the hotels. 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