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Tepebaşı ("Top of
the Hill") was Istanbul's first international
hotel district, for it was here, in
1892, that the renowned Pera
Palace Hotel opened to receive
travelers arriving in Constantinople
aboard the Orient
Express.
The location made sense: up on a hill
overlooking the Golden
Horn, it received
plenty of sunlight and fresh air, and
it was near the palatial embassies of the great powers: American, Austro-Hungarian,
British, French, Italian, Russian.
Other luxury hotels followed: the
Bristol, Grand
Londres, Tokatlıyan.
Today most of the other great 19th-century
hotels are only memories, but 20th
and 21st-century hotels have risen
to take their place.
Today Tepebaşı's
advantages as a hotel base are that
it is near a lot of reborn
Beyoğlu's
arts and activities. The fine Pera
Museum—in the former Bristol
Hotel—is here, the best music
clubs,
many restaurants
and cafés are within
a few minutes' walk, as are Tünel
Square and Galatasaray
Square.
Transport is fairly
handy: walk a few minutes to Galatasaray
Square, or to Tünel
Square to board either
the Nostalgic
Tram or modern Metro to
Taksim
Square and beyond, or take the Tünel down
to Karaköy to
catch a ferryboat or the Bağcılar-Kabataş
tram over to Sultanahmet. Taxis are
readily available.
The first and for many years the finest
Constantinople/Istanbul address,
this hotel built for Orient
Express passengers
was completely renovated, modernized
and reopened, better than ever, in 2010.
More...
This 82-room 5-star luxury hotel is
cater-corner to the Pera
Palace and
shares much of its ambience as well
as its location. A historic
building completely restored in 2011, it has
a rooftop restaurant with fine views
of the Golden
Horn, a spa, and is an
easy walk to the restaurants,
cafés and music clubs of renascent Beyoğlu. More...
The only modern high-rise in the neighborhood
(thank goodness), right across the
street from the Pera
Palace Hotel, it
nevertheless offers comfortable modern
rooms, many
of which have spectacular views of Old
Istanbul, the Golden
Horn, the Bosphorus and Beyoğlu. If yours doesn't just
take the elevator/lift to the roof
restaurant. More...
Formerly the Yenişehir Palas
Hotel, renovated and renamed The
Peak in 2011, this modern
149-room hotel shares the fine location
of the Pera
Palace, Palazzo
Donizetti, and Marmara
Pera, though at lower
prices because it does not have quite
the same views or caché. The
Peak has two restaurants,
and you can easily enjoy the panoramic
city views from the rooftop restaurants
of its neighbor hotels. More...
For more hotels in Beyoğlu, see Tünel
Square Hotels, Galatasaray
Hotels,
Taksim Square Hotels, or Beyoğlu
Hotel Districts.
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