Antique Hotel Continuous Report No. 4: [Turkey: The "Royal Prison" in the Heart of the Ancient City]. Hotel Name: Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul Sultanahmet Location: Isth, Turkey

Antique Hotel Continuous Report No. 4: [Turkey: The "Royal Prison" in the heart of the old city]

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Hotel name: Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul Sultanahmet

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

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【History】: Built between 1918 and 1919

The former Sultanahmet Prison, which was close to the largest courthouse at the time, was responsible for formulating prison regulations, organizing and regulating the daily lives of prisoners, prescribing the form of forced labor and contact with the outside world, and passed down to all the prisons of the Ottoman Empire, in a sense it was a high prison with imperial significance.

Sultanahmet Prison, transformed into a luxury hotel in 1999.

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【Architecture】:

The structure of the prison was designed in accordance with the Turkish neoclassical style. This architectural trend emerged in 1919 and is known as the "First National Architectural Period", a style that blends Western architectural styles with native Turkish architectural features.

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【Room】: 65 luxurious "cells"

The renovated hotel has a total of 65 rooms on the four floors of the hotel.

Whether it is a standard room or a suite, the interior design and layout is british, which makes it impossible to think of the original eerie prison.

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【Room Rate】: From 2500 RMB/night.

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【How to get there】: The hotel is about 45 minutes by car from Istanbul International Airport. The famous Hagia Sophia is just a 1-minute walk away.

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