Amy Adejokun
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This luxury hotel is of a very good standing. This hotel is made for those seeking excellent comfort as well as numerous and impeccable services. Its only downside is the distant location.
Barcelo Eresin Topkapi - © EASYVOYAGE
Barcelo Eresin Topkapi - © EASYVOYAGE
The hotel is 2 miles from Sultanahmet, around 10 minutes by tramway. The airport is 6 miles away.
The 249 rooms (including 18 suites) are spacious and luxurious. The comfort there is modern and the decor is refined. Beige and brown colours in all the rooms, they are warm. Well equipped, they have a coffee and tea kit, satellite television and a mini-bar. For the standard rooms, the safe is at the reception. The bathrooms, in black marble, are equipped with bathtub and shower, numerous hospitality products (with cotton buds and comb), telephone and hair-dryer.
A modern 9-storey building, the hotel, which has belonged to the Spanish chain Barcelo since December 2004, has a grand hotel entrance. It was renovated in 2005, The lobby is very large and bright: marble, carpet, plants, small living areas and grand piano. On one side it overlooks the restaurant Picasso, and on the other, the Mey Lounge. Classic and luxurious, the communal areas offer a very good level of comfort in a warm environment. The "Aqualife Club", in the basement, allows you to relax. It is equipped with a nice pool and a large fitness room (7 am to 10 pm) and a massage room (for a fee).
The Picasso offers you the three meals. Between 7 am and 10 am, breakfast is a magnificent and generous inter-continental buffet. Between noon and 2.30 pm, lunch is also served as a beautiful buffet, but you can choose the Turkish and international specialities on the menu, which are also available for dinner, from 7 pm to 10 pm. Each month you will enjoy a gastronomic week in the hotel. A particular cuisine is chosen and the dishes are prepared accordingly (Libanese, Mexican...). The Mey Lounge offers you drinks and some snacks or tapas. Don't forget that this is a Spanish chain!
The hotel is facing a 4 lane road, which makes it noisy and not very nice. However the hotel's infrastructures will make you forget this annoyance. 18 interconnected rooms are available to families. There are 2 non-smoking floors. WiFi is available throughout the hotel (for a fee).
The hotel had an attractive idea: 2 rooms are specially equipped for women and 2 others are antiallergic (wood flooring instead of carpet).
sauna, hammam, massage, beauty salon, keep fit, Turkish bath, spa, wellness
fitness, gym, water-polo, sports, tennis
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