Cihangir Palace Hotel: family rooms 0.4 km from Taksim

Cihangir Palace Hotel is a hotel in Istanbul, about 0.4 km from Taksim Square in a straight line. Galata Tower and Dolmabahçe Palace are each about 1.4 km away, Topkapı Palace about 2.3 km, Hagia Sophia about 2.8 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 3.2 km.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 30.9 km away, in a straight line.

The four room types differ more than their names suggest. The Economy Room WITHOUT WINDOW is the smallest at 11 m² and, as its name says, has no window; it nonetheless holds a queen bed and two twin beds and sleeps up to 3. The Family Room is the largest at 28 m², with a queen bed and two twin beds and a city view.

Between them sit the Double Room and the Triple Room. The Double Room is 17 m² with one queen bed, a city view, and sleeps up to 3. The Triple Room is 20 m² with a queen bed and a twin bed, also with a city view. A couple travelling light may find the Double Room enough; three adults sharing will want the Triple Room's second bed rather than the Double Room's single queen; a family with children is best matched to the Family Room.

Anyone who plans to spend waking hours in the room should take one of the three city-view rooms instead.

The hotel has a restaurant, and family rooms among its room types. An airport shuttle and parking are both available for a fee; parking is paid.

For practical needs, the hotel provides a 24-hour front desk, daily housekeeping, laundry and a tour desk, and it accepts cashless payment. Rooms are air conditioned and heated, and the hotel is non-smoking throughout, with a designated smoking area for those who need one.

Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00. Express check-in and check-out, and private check-in and check-out, are both offered.

Children are allowed at the hotel, and pets are not. Parking is paid, so a traveller arriving by car should expect that cost; the paid airport shuttle is the alternative to driving in from Sabiha Gökçen.

The hotel suits families and small groups: children are allowed, the Family Room sleeps a family in one room at 28 m². The paid airport shuttle and a restaurant on site make arrival and evenings straightforward.

It does not suit a traveller with a pet, as pets are not allowed, and it does not suit anyone who wants daylight in their room unless they pick one of the three city-view types; the Economy Room has no window at all. A driver should note that parking is paid rather than included.