Sumahan on the Water
The Hotel: Once a 19th-century Ottoman distillery, this 18-room property sits right alongside the Bosporus. Enormous windows in the minimalist-chic rooms (many of which have gas fireplaces) overlook palace spires, the Bosporus Bridge, and the sea dotted with sailboats; the view is equally good from your platform bed as it is from your expansive glassed-in shower. The hotel’s terrace restaurant serves just-caught seafood; in the beautifully domed marble hammam, attendants scrub, massage, and steam away any lingering traces of jet lag.
The Locale: Just outside the seaside village of Çengelköy, where seafood restaurants and charming wooden houses line a waterfront promenade. Sumahan’s gleaming wooden launch can ferry you to the spectacular Byzantine Dolmabahçe Palace in 15 minutes; the sights of Sultanahmet (like Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque) are a half-hour’s ride.
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From Travel + Leisure, Feb 2009
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