Andy Dorson - a traveller and author of reviews about the hotels worldwide.
Everyone who is coming to Istanbul is searching for its History! Who is not dreaming of seeing the goldish waters of Bosporus, of touching the fortress walls of Constantinople, of watching the somber towers of Jadi Kulla, of staying near the Sultanahmet Mosque or in the garden of the Topkapi palace... As a rule, the tourists, visiting Istanbul, want to stay as close to the sights as possible. At the same time, we are children of the XXI century and we like comfort. How to stay in Istanbul and to be close to the history and the contemporaneity? The answer is simple - hotels of Taksim. This is what you need.
To start, we need to tell a little bit about the Taksim as such: modern in its structure and quite ancient, otherwise, does not exist in Istanbul at all - the district is located at the Golden Horn Bay,it seems like Taksim is towering above it. The bright street Istiklal - the Istanbul Arbat - where the life here is boiling days and nights, is located bright there. Taksim was created to become the business center of Istanbul. This district is, so named, home to many offices, representations and banks, however this did not make Taksim the district of the white collars. The situation is inverse, the charm of Taksim, where the history is mixed with contemporaneity, is being developed day by day. That is why the tourists from all over the world are coming here.
They stay at the hotels in Taksim district.
What is the difference between the hotels in this district and the other hotels of the city? The first aspect includes the fact that there are the hotels of all categories in Taksim, from the lowest ones to the highesst. There are no family hotels and there is no need in them. Big hotels - being leaders both in star category and in service quality, really impress. The luxury multi-storey buildings, the infrastructure, which is developed in the every detail - all these components support world-wide known information, that Taksim hotels are the best in the world with regard to the price-quality ratio.
Another peculiarity of these hotels is their advantageous location. Taksim is the district of Istanbul, from where you can easily reach any place in Istanbul in 15-20 minutes. This is the ancient feature of the district. The name Taksim means "to distribute". This district possess such a name, because the water has been distributed to the other districts of Istanbul right from the Taksim. And nowadays the modern Taksim is a kind of the cross-road. The roads lead to the different corners of the city.
And finally, the hotels of Taksim are very prestigious. Nearly all foreign diplomatic representations are located here. Moreover, taksim is the region, where the foreigners prefer to stay, while coming to Istanbul. Discussing the "star category" of the Taksim hotels, it may be said that the number of the stars on the facade might only mean the level of the services provided by the hotel. The quality of the services either in the modest 3 star hotel or in the luxury 5 star hotels will be always of high level and the staff will be kindly disposed to every visitor.
We advise the tourists, who come in Istanbul with business scope, to choose one of the hotels in Taksim district - because, nowadays, Taksim is the business center of Istanbul. However, for those who arrive to admire local sights, the best selection will be one among hotels in Sultanahmet region.
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