ARENA HOTEL

PROPERTY TYPE HOTEL YEAR BUILT 1998 COMPLIMENTARY ... BUFFET BREAKFAST COMPLIMENTARY ... OUTDOOR PARKING W E L C O M E THE ARENA HOTEL IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN STONE HOUSE. THE OWNER WAS BORN HERE. SHE RESTORED AND DECORATED IT TO GIVE A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST OF ISTANBUL. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND CHARMING HOTEL WAS RESTORED ACCORDING TO ITS ORIGINAL CLASSICAL OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WITH USING POST MODERN TECHNIQUES. AS SOON AS ONE ENTERS THE HOTEL, IT CAN BE SAID THAT IT REFLECTS A WOMANS TOUCH. EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF DECORATION HAS BEEN CHOSEN WITH THE FINEST TASTE. ONE GETS THE FEELING TO BE AT HOME. FROM THE WELCOMING ROOM, CONVIVIAL PERSONNEL, THE SUMPTUOUS MEALS, EACH ONE EVEN MORE DELICIOUS THAN THE OTHER. FROM A VISIT TO THE FLOWER BEDECKED GARDEN FOR 5 OCLOCK TEA OR TRIP TO THE TURKISH BATH TO UNWIND AFTER A HARD DAY. FINEST DETAILS IN SETTING MAKES THIS BOUTIQUE HOTEL A GREAT PLACE TO STAY. SUCH AS THE CURTAINS THEY WERE HAND MADE BY THE OWNERS GRANDMOTHER AND WERE USED WHEN THE PLACE WAS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. THE PICTURES HUNG IN THE HOTEL ARE OF OLD SULTANAHMET SCENES AND WERE PAINTED OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. EVERY CORNER OF THIS FORMER RESIDENCE IN SULTANAHMET EXUDES A UNIQUE AND DELIGHTFUL FEELING OF TIMES GONE BY. ARENA HOTEL INVITES YOU TO AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE IN A PERFECT LOCATION WHICH PROVIDES A GREAT MIX OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ROMAN, BYZANTENE, OTTOMAN EMPIRES.