Pera Luna Premium Hotel: family rooms near Taksim Square

Pera Luna Premium Hotel stands on Yoğurtçu Faik Sokak in Istanbul, about 0.2 km from Taksim Square in a straight line. Dolmabahçe Palace is about 1.5 km away and Galata Tower about 1.6 km. Further out, Topkapı Palace is about 2.8 km, Hagia Sophia about 3.3 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 3.7 km.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 31.4 km away, in a straight line. The hotel runs a paid airport shuttle, so a traveller landing at SAW does not have to arrange the transfer independently.

The rooms differ sharply in size. The Economy Double Room is the smallest at 11 m², with one double bed and space for up to 2 guests; the Standard Double Room is 13 m², with one queen bed, a city view and sleeps up to 3. At the other end, the Deluxe Double Room is the largest at 32 m², with a queen bed and a sofa bed and a city view.

Between them sit the Queen Room with Balcony at 18 m², with one queen bed and sleeps up to 2; the Superior Double Room at 24 m², with a queen bed, two twin beds and two sofa beds and a city view; the Superior Twin Room at 28 m², with two double beds, two single beds and one large bed and a garden view; and the Superior Family Room at 30 m², with a queen bed, two double beds and two twin beds, a city view and sleeps up to 3.

A group wanting separate beds without booking two rooms should look at the Superior Twin Room or the Superior Double Room, each with several beds in one unit.

The hotel is a city property rather than a resort, and what it offers reflects that. It has family rooms, which together with the children-allowed rule makes it workable for those travelling with children. A lift serves the building. Live music is part of the hotel's own offering, which a traveller wanting evening entertainment in the hotel itself may weigh. The airport shuttle is paid, as is the shuttle service generally.

Check-in runs from 14:00 and check-out is until 11:30, so a traveller with a midday flight should plan the morning around that deadline. Children are allowed. Pets are not allowed, which rules the hotel out for anyone travelling with an animal.

It suits couples and small families who want to be close to Taksim Square, with room types ranging from a compact 11 m² double to a 32 m² deluxe double, and enough bed configurations that a family or a group of friends can share one room rather than several. The family rooms, the children-allowed rule and the paid airport shuttle all point the same way.

It does not suit pet owners. A traveller who mainly wants space for the money should also note that the two smallest rooms, at 11 m² and 13 m², are tight, and the larger rooms are the better fit for longer stays.