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The Hotel Poem

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From Travel + Leisure , AUG 2003

Last December, my wife and I discovered an affordable 19th-century hotel in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. The Hotel Poem, named for the Turkish poems that, in lieu of numbers, identify rooms, is just minutes from the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and bazaars. Many of the basic rooms have views of the Sea of Marmara, and the English-speaking staff was very helpful—they secured two tickets to a dance performance and let us in on secret sightseeing spots....MORE>>

– Letters, August 2003

Last updated August 2003