Right across the park, gaze at one of Istanbul's most iconic hotels with its ornate gates, the Çiragan Palace Kempinski, inside a former Ottoman palace. If you still have the energy, continue on ...

In Istanbul it is all the rage to restore beautiful historic buildings to create upscale hotels. The Park Hyatt, housed in what was the art-deco Macka Palas, a 20th-century apartment block for ...