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Empress Zoe

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<p>The stylish, comfortable Empress Zoe has the quirky, handcrafted intimacy you'd expect from a hotel that stitches together four neighboring town houses to make 25 rooms with embroidered Turkish canopies over the beds, wildly colorful murals, spiral staircases, and odd Ottoman touches like pointed archways sprinkled throughout. Some rooms open onto a private garden, others overlook the romantically overgrown ruins of the city's oldest hammam, its crumbling domes now sprouting wildflowers. From the roof terrace you can glimpse the Marmara Sea past minarets.</p> <p><em>Doubles from $175; rates include an exceptional Turkish breakfast.</em></p>

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From Travel + Leisure , MAY 2008

The stylish, comfortable Empress Zoe has the quirky, handcrafted intimacy...MORE>>

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From Travel + Leisure , FEB 2007

This property has 22 individually designed rooms and suites with terraces and marble hammam baths. Spend a night here in Istanbul before flying directly to Fethiye....MORE>>

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From Travel + Leisure , MAR 2003

With all 22 rooms outfitted in custom-made furniture—like suzani-draped four-posters—it may take the buffet breakfast to lure you outdoors at the Empress Zoe....MORE>>

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Last updated May 2008