Turkey

This small ten-room town house on the edge of Tünel, Istanbul's most bohemian neighborhood, is probably one of the best options in town in terms of price,...more

It would be hard to get much closer to history than one of these small rooms that back onto the outer walls of Topkapı Palace and look directly at the...more

This property near Taksim Square looks out over the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara, in addition to palaces and mosques. Rooms are "beautiful and...more

This mid-19th-century palace, located on the site of an 18th-century residence belonging to the last Ottoman sultans, housed the Turkish parliament for two...more

Probably the only Four Seasons in a prison, and one of the smallest in the chain, but there's nothing confining about this 65-room hotel very handily midway...more

Set alongside the glut of cheaper hotels, guesthouses, and hostels in Sultanahmet, the Empress Zoe is one of the rare places in the area to display any spark...more

When Hotel Les Ottomans opened in 2006 in a renovated 18th-century mansion in Kuruçeşme, a little way up the Bosphorus on the European side, it...more

The lively nightlife and shopping area around Beyoğlu is generally neglected by hotel entrepreneurs, leaving a choice between brass-knobbed chains and...more

Convinced of its esteemed status in Istanbul's most coveted location and its erstwhile standing as the city's finest deluxe lodgings, the Marmara doesn't seem...more