Sumengen Hotel is an old Ottoman House renewed
in 1987 and converted in to a charming hotel in Sultanahmet in
the center of the old city of Istanbul.
The Hotel has a panoramic view of the Sea Of Marmara, Bosphorus
and the Asian Side Of Istanbul. It is located very close the Hippodrome
Square and Obelisk Column, Blue Mosque, St Sophia, Topkapi Palace,
Basilica (underground) Cistern, Grand (Covered Market) Bazaar,
Turkish and Islamic Art Museum, Mosaic Museum, Archaeology Museum
and many other historical monuments.
As Lynn Levine describe in his book of Frommer's Turkey "Istanbul
is the only city in the world on two continents, Split down the
midle by the mighty Bosphorus straits. To the east is the Asian
site, a predominantly residential retreat with little of the chaos
of its European counterpart. The Historic peninsula of the old
city stands majestically on the west banks, or European side of
the Bosphorus. The modern business district of the taksim sprawls
to the northeast or the another waterway, the picturesque Golden
Horn, and is easily accessible by one of several bridges or by
ferry. While the majority of sights that draw the visitor to istanbul
are located in the old city Sultanahmet." |
