04.01.2006 18:18:31

Turquia/Istanbul/Yasmak Sultan Hotel

The Hotel Yasmak Sultan is an ideal hotel for anyone to be based on a visit to Istanbul. The rooms are clean and comfortable and the views from the roof top restaurant across the city are breathtaking. It's location means it is away from the noisy hustle and bustle of the main tourist streets but just a few minutes walk from the main tourist sites, Blue Mosque, Aya Sofia. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. I would definately wish to recomment the hotel to other travellers as an excellent place to stay.

04.01.2006 18:16:06

Turquia/Istanbul/Yasmak Sultan Hotel

I frequently travel internationally, and the Hotel Yasmak Sultan Istanbul is--hands down--my favorite place to stay on the globe. The rooms are a study in artful whimsy; big comfortable beds, bold (sometimes shocking) upholstery fabrics; sumptuous antique furniture, opulent baths...and always the signature dress dummy, standing in silent vigil in the corner. The place is positively drenched in romance; the hotel's honesty bar is a handsome, richly decorated room with heavy drapes... The restaurant is intimate but superb, and room service is fleet of foot. The staff is gregarious and charming without being intrusive, and the concierge is a veritable magician, able to achieve the impossible restaurant reservation and prime theater ticket with a wave of his hand. Like the rest of Istanbul, the Hotel Yasmak Sultan is mind-numbingly expensive....but can you put a price on paradise?