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The Golden Horn seen from the hotel's terrace, ferries crossing towards Galata Tower

İstanbul

Everything is a walk away.

A hotel in Sirkeci, in the heart of the historic peninsula. Topkapı eight minutes, Hagia Sophia ten, the tram five.

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The Hotel

A welcome downstairs, a view upstairs.

The hotel's stone façade and its glazed entrance beneath the gold sign

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A stone façade and a lit entrance

The hotel occupies a stone-clad building in Hocapaşa. The glazed entrance is lit from within, and the gold sign is the only marker you need to look for.

The brick-walled lobby: a wooden reception desk, green armchairs and a ring light under a moulded ceiling

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The front desk takes care of the rest

We meet you in a brick-walled lobby. Airport transfers, tour and ticket bookings, currency exchange, luggage storage: all from the same desk. We speak Turkish, English and Russian.

The top-floor room, glazed on three sides with the Golden Horn beyond

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The top floor is glazed on three sides

A room at the very top, glazed on three sides. The Golden Horn opens out from there, with the Galata hillside opposite.

Rooms

Two room types. One hotel, two characters.

They do not resemble each other, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. One is warm and material; the other is neutral, with its colour arriving in the fabric.

The oak-floored room: timber bed frame, plastered wall and wall-mounted television
  • The bed seen head-on, with the botanical mural behind it and mustard cushions
  • Timber desk and shelving unit with a mirror and potted plants
  • The room from the black steel rail and shelving side

01

King Room

m²
15
guests
2
Floor
Floors 1-5
Bed
1 queen bed

Fifteen square metres built around a single queen bed. The walls are coarse plaster, the floor is oak, and black steel carries the bed and the shelving. The botanical mural behind the headboard is the only pattern in the room. A skylight brings the daylight in from above. The bathroom is private, with a shower.

In the room

  • Non-smoking
  • Skylight
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Refrigerator
  • Television
The grey-walled room with mustard curtains, white furniture and olive armchairs
  • Daylight across the buttoned mustard headboard and cushion
  • Two olive armchairs and a white table in front of the window
  • The television wall, hung with a row of framed Istanbul photographs

02

Economy Double Room

m²
16
guests
2
Floor
Floors 1-5
Bed
1 queen bed

Sixteen square metres and a single queen bed. Grey paint and white lacquer set a neutral base, and the colour arrives in the fabric rather than the walls: mustard curtains, a buttoned headboard, olive armchairs. A skylight brings the daylight in from above. The bathroom is private, with a shower.

In the room

  • Non-smoking
  • Skylight
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Refrigerator
  • Television

Facilities

What the hotel offers.

extra charge

Languages spoken

Türkçe · English · Русский

Getting around

  • Airport transfer, arrival and departureextra charge
  • Shuttle serviceextra charge
  • Taxi booking
  • Parking, off-siteextra charge

At the front desk

  • Front desk open 24 hours
  • Concierge
  • Express check-in and check-out
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at the front desk
  • Lockers
  • Wake-up call
  • Currency exchange
  • Tour and ticket booking

Around the hotel

  • Free Wi-Fi in the public areas
  • Terrace floor, glazed on three sides
  • Lift
  • Water purifier
  • No smoking in the public areas
  • Alcohol-free property

Cleaning

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry service, off-site
  • Ironing serviceextra charge

Safety

  • CCTV in the public areas
  • Smoke detectors
  • Fire alarm
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Intruder alarm
  • First aid kit

Location

The historic peninsula - from the middle of it.

Step out of the door and the old city starts immediately. Topkapı Palace is an eight-minute walk, the tram five.

Address

Nöbethane Cad., Kümeydanı Sok. No: 14, Hocapaşa Mah., 34110 Sirkeci, Fatih, İstanbul
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Airports

  • Istanbul Airport (IST) 41.5 km
  • Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) 48 km
The twin-towered Gate of Salutation, the main entrance to Topkapı Palace

Museum & park

Topkapı Palace

490 m 8 min on foot

Home of the Ottoman court for nearly four centuries - four courtyards, the treasury and the Harem.

Hagia Sophia at sunset, framed by an arched gateway

Landmark

Hagia Sophia

670 m 10 min on foot

Built as a cathedral in 537, later a mosque, then a museum, and a mosque again since 2020.

The Blue Mosque, its cascading domes and six minarets

Landmark

Blue Mosque

1.1 km 10 min on foot

Completed in 1616. Six minarets, and the İznik tiles that gave it its English name.

The plane-tree avenue running through Gülhane Park

Museum & park

Gülhane Park

240 m 8 min on foot

Once the outer garden of Topkapı Palace, and the oldest public park on the peninsula.

A red T1 tram waiting at the Sultanahmet stop

Transport

T1 tram, Sirkeci stop

5 min on foot

The T1 line runs from here straight to Sultanahmet and Beyazıt. Sirkeci station - the old Orient Express terminus - is at the same corner.

A crowded aisle of the Spice Bazaar under hanging lanterns

Bazaar

Spice Bazaar

760 m

The 17th-century spice market beside the New Mosque, built to fund it.

The Golden Horn at dusk - ferries at Eminönü and the lit Galata Bridge

Transport

Eminönü ferry pier

670 m

Ferries to Kadıköy, Üsküdar and up the Bosphorus leave from here.

The painted vaulted arcade of the Grand Bazaar, ceramics stacked along one side

Bazaar

Grand Bazaar

1.1 km

Roughly four thousand shops under one roof, trading since the 1450s.

Galata Bridge with anglers along the rail and Galata Tower behind it

Landmark

Galata Bridge

790 m

The bridge across the Golden Horn: fishermen on the upper deck, restaurants on the lower one.

Galata Tower standing above the rooftops, clouds behind it

Landmark

Galata Tower

Across the Golden Horn, finished in 1348 - the tower you can pick out from the upper floors.

Distances and walking times as published on the hotel's booking listings, not estimated here.

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