Galata (Standard Double Room)

The tower was built as Christea Turris Tower of Christ in 1348 during an expansion of the. Genoese colony in Constantinople. The Galata Tower was the  tallest building in İstanbul at when it was built in 1348. It was the apex of the fortifications surrounding the Genoese citade of Galata. The current tower should not be confused with the old Tower of Galata, an original Byzantine tower named Megalos Pyrgos ( English: Great Tower) Which controlled the northern end of the massive sea chain that closed the entrance to the Which controlled the northern end of the massive sea chain that closed the entrance to the Golden Horn…

Pera (Standard Double Room)

Pera means;  other side, ( the other side  of the estuary – golden horn) This area was famous by the majority of trees and figs and place was called Sykai (Sycaedes) The Galatai warrior  tribes from Europe to Anatolia in the Hellenistic Period. King Nicomedes settelled them to this area. This area began to be known as Galatai. And architecture began to emerge with the new buildings and became urbanized at the term of Justinianos. Then Galatai area called ‘Peraia’ by the public which means ‘’other side of the sea.’’

Kız Kulesi (Standard Double Room)

There are many legends about the construction of the tower and its location. According to the most popular Turkish legand, a sultan had a much beloved daughter. One day, an oracle prophesied that she would be killed by a venomous snake on her 18th birthday. The sultan, is an effort to thwart his daughter’s early demişe by placing her away from land so as to keep her away from any snakes, had the tower built in the middle of the Bosphorus to protect his daughter until her 18th birthday. The princess was placed in the tower, where she was frequently visited only by her father. On the 18th birthday of the princess, the Sultan brought her a basked of exotic sumtuous fruits as a brithday gift, delighted that he was able to prevent  the prophecy. Upon reaching into the basket, however , an asp that had been hiding among the fruit bit the young princess and she died in her father’s arms, just as the oracle had predicted. Hence the name Maiden’s Tower. 

The older name Leander’s Tower comes from another story about a maiden: the ancient Greek myth of Hero and Leander. Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who lived in a tower at Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont ( Dardanelles). Leander ( Leandros) a young man from Abydos on the otherside of the strait, fell in love with her and would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero would hight a lamp every night at the top of her tower to guide his way…

Hisar (Economy Single Room)

Rumelihisarı ( Rumelian Castle) is a fortress located in the Sarıyer district of İstanbul. Turkey on a hill at the Europen side of the bosphorus . It gives the name of the quarter around it. It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II between 1451 and 1452. The three great towers  were named after three of Mehmed II’s viziers, Sadrazam Çandarlı Halil Pasha, who build the bigtower next to the gate, Zaganos Pasha, who built the South tower, and Sarıca Pasha who built the North tower.

Sultanahmet (Economy Double Room)

The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı ( Sultan Ahmet Square) in the The Turkish city of İstanbul with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. It is sometimes also called Atmeydanı ( Horse Square in Turkish) The Word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos horse and dromos, path or way. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient World and hippodromes went common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine aras.

Ortaköy (Double Room With Balcony)

Ortaköy has had an important place in the daily life of the city during both the By zantine and Ottoman periods. In the 16th century, the Ottoman Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent encouraged the Turks to move to Ortaköy and live there which marked the beginning of the Turkish presence in the neighbourhood. One of the oldest building in Ortaköy is the Turkish Bath built by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan in 1556 . The famous Ortaköy Mosque, located on the coastal pier square, was originally built in the 18th century. In 1871, Sultan Abdulaziz built the Çırağan Palace in Ortaköy, where he lived for some time. Çırağan Palace was also used as the Ottoman Parliament building.