ORIENT EXPRESS HOTEL

REVIEWED BY TOM BROSNAHAN OF TURKEY TRAVEL PLANNER

The aptly-named Orient Express Hotel is right on the Bagcilar-Kabatas tram line, between the Gulhane and Sirkeci tram stops.

It’s a very convenient location, only a few minutes’ walk to the Sirkeci train station and the Eminonu ferries, and just a 10-minute uphill walk to Old Istanbul and Topkapi Palace, Archeological Museums, Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya.

This is a delightful small 4-star hotel whose 52 immaculate guest  rooms are decorated in a cheerful, simple but appealing style with plenty of natural wood and soothing colors. 

They come with comfortable beds, flat-screen TVs with foreign-language channels, air-conditioning, mini-fridge, free coffee- and tea-making equipment, and free Wifi Internet.

The private bathrooms all have bathtubs (some of them mini-tubs) with showers, hairdryers, bath amenities, telephones, and that most thoughtful of hotel appliances, a pull-out string line for drying clothing items you've washed in the sink.

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