Lasagrada Hotel Istanbul: spa and indoor pool in Osmanbey

The hotel stands on Halaskargazi Caddesi in Osmanbey, Şişli, postcode 34371. Taksim Square is about 1.9 km away and Dolmabahçe Palace about 2 km, both in a straight line. Galata Tower is about 3.4 km, Topkapı Palace about 4.6 km, Hagia Sophia about 5.1 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 5.5 km. Istanbul Airport (IST) is about 30.8 km away, in a straight line, and the hotel offers a paid airport shuttle.

The Deluxe Room is the smallest at 26 m², with one double bed, a city view and space for up to three guests, which makes it the compact option for a couple with a child. The Deluxe Double Room and Deluxe Twin Room are both 27 m²: the first has a queen bed, the second two twin beds, so the twin suits two travellers who want separate beds. The Luxury Double Room, at 32 m² with a sofa bed, and the Luxury Double Room with Terrace, at 42 m² with a queen bed, add space step by step. The Executive Double Room is the outlier: 80 m² with a queen bed, by far the largest room in the house, suited to a couple who want room to spread out or to work and host.

No room type in the hotel has a stated capacity beyond the Deluxe Room's three guests, so larger parties will need more than one room.

The hotel's facilities centre on wellbeing: an indoor pool, a spa, a hammam and a sauna, plus fitness facilities. This is unusual for a city hotel of this size and is the main reason to choose it over a comparable room elsewhere, if a pool or a Turkish bath matters to you.

For eating and drinking there is a restaurant, a bar and room service. A business center and facilities for disabled guests round out the offering, and a lift serves the building. Parking is available and paid.

Check-in runs from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00. Children are allowed, so families are welcome, though the room types, with at most one double or queen bed plus the twin and sofa-bed options, suit one or two children rather than a large family in a single room.

Parking is paid, and the airport shuttle is paid as well, so both should be budgeted for separately from the room rate.

It suits couples and small groups who want a city base with a pool, hammam and spa attached, and who value a large room: the 80 m² Executive Double is generous by any standard. Business travellers get a business center and fitness facilities, and disabled guests are catered for.

It does not suit a large family in one room, since no room type is described as family-sized or sleeps more than three.