The Central Palace

Address

4.5 Star Hotel
Lamartin Caddesi No 18 Taksim Istanbul
See nearby area

Lonely Planet review

This boutique hotel has been designed around a 'wellness' concept. Parquet floors feature instead of asthma-inducing carpets, therapeutic fruit juices for every possible complaint are available at the flick of a room-service switch, the restaurant food is all organic, and massage showers and Jacuzzis are installed in every bathroom. Ten rooms even have their own exercise bike. We feel healthy even thinking about checking in.

The joy is that the place is not at all hippy-dippy: appointments are luxurious, all fabrics are from Vakko (İstanbul's poshest store) and the décor is opulent, with oodles of gilt and marble. The only things missing are views and alcohol service.

Services & facilities

  • Accessibility
    • Elevator/lift attendant
    • Elevator/lift
  • Recreation
    • Television in lobby
  • Wi-Fi/internet access
    • Free Wi-Fi
    • Free wired high-speed internet
  • Guest services
    • Room service (24 hours)
    • Tour assistance
    • Express check-out
    • Multilingual staff
    • Tours/ticket assistance
    • Porter/bellhop
    • 24-hour front desk
  • Spa
    • Health club
    • Sauna
  • Cards accepted
    • Visa
    • Mastercard
    • Diners club
    • American express
  • Parking
    • Parking nearby
    • Free parking nearby
  • Housekeeping
    • Laundry facilities
    • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Bureau de Change/ATM
    • Currency exchange
  • Air Conditioning
    • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Luggage storage
    • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Non-smoking
    • Smoke-free property
  • Restaurant/Café
    • Restaurant
  • Breakfast
    • Free breakfast

Description

Location. The Central Palace is located close to Taksim Square, Topkapi Palace, and Suleymaniye Mosque. Nearby points of interest also include Grand Bazaar and Basilica Cistern.

Hotel Features. The Central Palace features a restaurant. Room service is available 24 hours a day. The hotel serves a complimentary buffet breakfast. Recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna. This 4.5-star property has a business center and offers small meeting rooms and audiovisual equipment. Complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access is available in public areas. The property has 60 square meters of event space. For a surcharge, the property offers a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request). Tour/ticket assistance and tour assistance are available. Other property amenities at this Beaux Arts property include multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and currency exchange. This is a smoke-free property.

Guestrooms. 107 air-conditioned guestrooms at The Central Palace feature minibars and coffee/tea makers. All accommodations have balconies. Furnishings include sofa beds and desks. Bathrooms feature bathtubs with jetted bathtubs. They also offer makeup/shaving mirrors and hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to safes, guestrooms offer direct-dial phones. LCD televisions are available in guestrooms. Guests may request wake-up calls.

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