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...

With its bright colours, velvet furnishings and an eye-catching floor piece of a nude young Norma Jean Baker, 5.Kat has one of the city's most striking...

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...

Don't let the entrance, via the lobby of the Villa Zurich Hotel, put you off: Doĸa Balık is a splendid neighbourhood fish restaurant. The dining room is on...

The Eresin Crown is unusual as a medium-sized, high-end hotel amid small 'Ottoman' boutique competitors in Sultanahmet: it's on the southern side of the...

Arnavutköy's coolest new venue is housed in aconverted Ottoman yalı, which stands out from the throng of nearby fish restaurants with its burgundy façade....

One of four Marmara hotels in Istanbul (with sister establishments in Manhattan and across Turkey).

One of four Marmara hotels in Istanbul (with sister establishments in Manhattan and across Turkey).

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 four Marmara hotels in Istanbul (with sister establishments in Manhattan and across Turkey).

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...

The pick of the hotels in corporate 4. Levent, the Swiss-owned Mövenpick is a good business option, but its location very near 4. Levent metro stop means it...

Our airport hotel of choice, the Polat Renaissance is a five-minute taxi ride from the terminal in the coastal suburb of Yeşilköy (it's 18 kilometres, or 12...

Few people other than those doing business up in nearby Levent and Maslak choose to stay in Ortaköy, but if scurrying around the mosques isn't on your...