British Airways (08 ba.com) offers return flights to Istanbul from £158. One room has been modified for guests with disabilities.įrom £319 per room per night. The Whatever Whenever service aims to meet any other needs.Ĭhildren and small pets welcome. Work out in the gym, Sweat, or relax with a treatment in the Estee Lauder day spa. Dine in Spice Market, by the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the Manhattan restaurant's first outing as a brand. Cosy beds and showers styled in hammam marble, 32in flat-screen TVs, iPod docks and Wi-Fi are standard.Įnjoy a drink in Sip, the lobby lounge, or in the main bar, The Living Room, where meals are also served. The fusion of styles continues in the 134 rooms, some of which have outdoor space. As well as the hotel, the surrounding streets have been turned into a classy shopping enclave that has already attracted Jimmy Choo and Marc Jacobs. The hotel is the centrepiece of a vast redevelopment of a swathe of the Besiktas district leased by the government to Sidar Bilgili, the Turkish businessman working with Starwood, on the condition that the buildings would be preserved. Inside, Ottoman glamour has been applied to the exotic, even erotic, W signature style: elaborate latticework recalls the screens of a harem, clever paint effects suggest that floors and ceilings are covered in gold.īut it isn't just the look that is of interest. The funky luxury brand from American hotel giant Starwood has taken over the Akaretler Row Houses near the Bosphorus, the historic former home of the guards of the Dolmabahce Palace. It's a tourism imperative that has been successfully realised at the W Istanbul, which officially opened last week. Visitors to Istanbul come to see East meet West, old meet new. This isn't just a place to stay for the night, it's Istanbul's vision of the future Not sure there were many guests there yet. The "rain forest" shower leaked into the bathroom, but there were plenty of nice thick towels to mop it up. There was a nice patio connected to my room, but it had a separate key that required you to call security to lock or unlock it. LCD TV is behind a glass panel which looks nice but muffles the sound so you end up turning it too loud. Room only had one sink which was inconvenient - should have two. The bathroom is part of the bedroom with all the key parts (shower, toilet, sink) build in like closets. Some "unusual" features in our "upgraded room" (from a standard "wonderful" room to something that might have been called a "spendific" room). Slightly small room, but much larger than the W in NYC that I stayed at once.īest features: Location and the comfort of the heavenly bed and the heavenly pillows. Just completed a four day, 5 night stay at the new W Istanbul.
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