A'jia Hotel
Istanbul, Turkey[view map]
Local restaurants
Körfez on Körfez Caddesi 78 (+90 (0)216 413 4314) is one of the city’s best seafood restaurants and can be reached by private launch from the European side of the Bosphorus which leaves from the wharf near Rumeli Hisari. Specialities included salt-baked fish and grouper cooked with spices. Changa at the Sakip Sabanci Museum (+90 (0)212 323 0901) is a stylish Mediterranean restaurant with a retro Scandinavian interior of light oak and copper-tone mirrors. The restaurant's terrace has wonderful views over the Bosphorus.
Worth getting out of bed for
The hotel can organise a private boat trip around the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn; it's one of the best ways to see the sights of Istanbul.
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