Istanbul Port Hotel

Offering a lobby area, the 3-star Istanbul Port Hotel lies in Fatih with the peninsula coinciding with old Constantinople, a mere 1.5 km from the Serpent Column and approximately a 5-minute walk from the Istanbul Photography Museum. Located a mere 1.7 km from the Ottoman-era Friday Blue Mosque, the hotel features 16 rooms with views of the city.

The air-conditioned rooms comprise a dressing room and a seating area featuring complimentary wireless internet and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels along with air conditioning. Fitted with a mini fridge bar, the rooms also come with a writing desk and a mirror. Bathrooms include a separate toilet and a shower, and such comforts as hairdryers and towels.

Business travellers will have access to a 24-hour business centre provided on site.

The restaurant Oba Et Lokantasi is fairly close to the Port.

The centre of Istanbul can be reached in 10 minutes' walk of this hotel, and such cultural venues as the Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam are around 25 minutes' walk away. The Port Istanbul is 550 metres from Laleli bus stop and steps away from the Beyazit Square. Guests might as well visit Cundi Park, which is nearly a 5-minute drive away. Standing merely 1.6 km away, the diminutive Rustem Pasha Mosque is a hard-to-miss divine tourist destination. Sirkeci train station is within 20 minutes' walk of Istanbul Port Hotel, while Vezneciler-İstanbul Üniversitesi tube station is 800 metres away.

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