This tastefully restored 18th-century wooden house serves as a small hotel nestled in the winding side streets of Sultanahmet district. The multilayered history of the city is best revealed by the remnants of the old walls and fortifications of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Istanbul still visible in the hood, while visitors can walk through corridors on top of glass-encased archaeological remains found during the hotel’s construction. The hotel owes its charming vibe to wall and floor panels made with İznik tiles, hand-made floral wall motifs and bathrooms fitted with marble of Marmara used in historic hammams.
TIME OUT TIP: Visit Little Hagia Sophia nearby, the oldest surviving Byzantine church of Istanbul that serves as a mosque today. The old scriptures on the walls and the baptism font still remind the storied past of the edifice.