Sandwiched between waterside Kennedy Caddesi and the suburban railway line, the Armada scores low on location, although it is only a ten-minute walk up the...

Far from the centre and the sights, this is primarily a business hotel. From the outside, the four-storey building is nothing special, but inside the 21...

Istanbul's first (self-proclaimed) 'hip' hotel, the Bentley's minimalist chocolate-and-cream lobby looks like the reception area of an upmarket ad agency....

The Inter-Continental is an 18-floor Goliath. Renovated in 2008, the style remains brash, the tone set by a golden staircase spiralling up from the lobby...

The hotel is partly set in a magnificent 19th-century palace on the Bosphorus, built for Sultan Abdülaziz, an ill-fated ruler who killed himself wi th a...

Occupying a striking pink three-storey mansion, this Best Western affiliate has 25 rooms and six suites decked out in Barbie colours. The only thing between...

For 66 years this distinctive building, with its ochre walls and watchtowers, served as the infamous Sultanahmet Prison; inmates included celebrated...

The second Four Seasons property in Istanbul is a very different proposition from the Sultanahmet hotel. This one, near Kempinski's Çıraĸan Palace, is a...

Opened in spring 2006, this all-suite hotel is designed to lure celebrities, heads of state and millionaires bored of the Çiraĸan Palace. In an impeccably...

This stunning new hotel is partly owned by the House Café group, and the same sensitive design aesthetic found in the cafés shines through here. It's...

Another 19th-century Ottoman residence stripped down and dressed up by the Turkish Touring and Automobile Association and pressed into service as a hotel....

North-west of Taksim Square, between Tarlabaşı Bulvarı and Cumhuriyet Caddesi, are a number of quiet streets that are home to a handful of good mid-range...

One of four Marmara hotels in Istanbul (with sister establishments in Manhattan and across Turkey), this location is a Taksim Square landmark. It is the the...

One of the latest additions to Beyoĸlu's burgeoning hotel scene is also one of the most stylish. Only the façade of this 19th-century French style Ottoman...