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...

In the 1980s, the Turkish Touring and Automobile Association reconstructed this row of nine clapboard houses dating from the 19th century. They were painted...

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...

This thoroughly charming guesthouse, on a quiet cul-de-sac, is popular with gay visitors, but the friendly and knowledgeable staff make everyone feel very...

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...

Ararat's best feature is probably its location. Envious of the success of the nearby Empress Zoe, the young Turkish owners of Ararat recruited the same...

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...

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

The Akbayrak brothers obviously have a thing about vintage glass lamps - the interior of their hotel is hung with 2,000 of them. The eccentricities...