The Wings Hotels Karakoy, about 0.4 km from Galata Tower

The Wings Hotels Karakoy stands on Gümrük Sokak in the Karaköy Kemankeş neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 31.1 km from the hotel and Istanbul Airport about 33 km, both in a straight line. For that journey the hotel operates a paid airport shuttle.

• Galata Tower, about 0.4 km
• The New Mosque, about 0.8 km
• Sirkeci railway station, about 0.9 km
• Topkapı Palace, about 1.2 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque, about 1.3 km
• Hagia Sophia, about 1.6 km
• The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, about 1.9 km

The two deluxe rooms are the smallest, at 39 m² each, and differ only in their beds: the Deluxe Double or Twin Room has two twin beds, the Deluxe Room one super-king bed. Both have a city view. The Deluxe Double or Twin Room sleeps up to 3, and the Deluxe Room also sleeps up to 3. The twin room is the only room type with two twin beds; every other room has one main bed, with the suites adding a sofa bed. Two travellers who want separate beds therefore fall here, while a couple sharing takes the super-king version.

The Junior Suite, at 41 m², also sleeps up to 3 and keeps the city view; its super-king bed comes with a jetted tub, and it is the largest room without a sea view.

Above it sit four suites, from 44 m² to 45 m². The Corner Suite and the Executive Suite each pair a super-king bed with a sofa bed and have a sea view, as does the 45 m² Penthouse Suite with Sea View. The fourth, the Penthouse, Suit Room with Sea View, is also 45 m² and swaps the super-king for a king bed alongside its sofa bed. Every suite therefore has a second bed in its sofa, which the city-view rooms lack, and the sea view is what marks the step up from them.

Dining on site means a restaurant and a bar, and room service brings food to the room itself, so an evening in does not depend on going out. A lift serves the building, and the hotel provides facilities for disabled guests. The paid airport shuttle handles the transfer between hotel and airport.

The absence of parking is the one that needs planning: anyone arriving by car will have to park elsewhere.

• Check-in is from 14:00; check-out is until 12:00.
• Children are allowed.
• The hotel has no parking.

Couples and small families fit best. Children are allowed, the Deluxe Double or Twin Room, the Deluxe Room and the Junior Suite each sleep up to 3, and every suite adds a sofa bed, so a family of three can take a deluxe room or the Junior Suite, and a family wanting more space or a sea view can move up to a suite. Among the city-view rooms, the Junior Suite's jetted tub makes it the one for an occasion. The Corner Suite, at 44 m², is slightly smaller than the 45 m² Executive and penthouse suites, but all four share the sea view and the sofa bed, so the choice among them comes down to bed size.

The hotel does not suit drivers, who have no parking to use, and no room type offers a capacity above 3, so a larger group needs more than one room. For everyone else the decision rests on the figures: Galata Tower about 0.4 km away in a straight line, and Topkapı Palace, Süleymaniye Mosque, Hagia Sophia and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque between about 1.2 km and 1.9 km.