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Where to stay in Istanbul Province
This guide covers 6 destinations in Istanbul Province, a first-level administrative division of Turkey, with 1,089 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Istanbul, Kadıköy and Eyüpsultan. Across its destinations, May to September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW).
- Destinations in this guide
- 6
- Places to stay
- 1,089
- Comfortable in the most places
- May to September
- Main airport
- SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Currency
- TRYTurkish lira
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
Destinations
Destinations in Istanbul Province
Every destination in this guide in Istanbul Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Istanbul Province
3 places to stay in Istanbul Province from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Barceló Istanbul hotel | Istanbul |
| Occidental Istanbul City hotel | Istanbul |
| Occidental Taksim hotel | Istanbul |
Where to stay
More hotels in Istanbul Province
1,086 hotels in Istanbul Province recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Pera Palace Hotel | Istanbul | 1892 |
| Tayyare Apartments | Istanbul | 1922 |
| Tokatliyan Hotels | Istanbul | 1897 |
| Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus | Istanbul | 1955 |
| Istanbul 4th Vakıf Han | Istanbul | 2006 |
| Swissôtel The Bosphorus | Istanbul | 1991 |
| Grand Hotel de Londres | Istanbul | |
| Hyatt Centric Levent Istanbul | Beşiktaş | 2011 |
| Liman Han | Istanbul | |
| Maçka Palas | Beşiktaş | 1922 |
| Vezir Hanı | Istanbul | |
| Ali Pasha Inn | Istanbul | |
| Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus | Beşiktaş | 1992 |
| Elçi Han | Istanbul | |
| Park Hotel | Istanbul | 1930 |
| Raffles Istanbul | Beşiktaş | 2014 |
| Sanasaryan Han | Istanbul | |
| The Marmara Taksim Hotel | Istanbul | |
| Alp Hotel | Istanbul | |
| Bristol Hotel | Istanbul | |
| Buyukada Princess Hotel | Kadıköy | |
| Çınar Hotel | Istanbul | |
| Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet | Istanbul | |
| Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus | Beşiktaş | |
| Hagia Sofia Mansions Istanbul, Curio Collection by Hilton | Istanbul | 1984 |
| Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center | Eyüpsultan | 2014 |
| Hilton Istanbul Kozyatagi | Kadıköy | 2014 |
| Karakoy Aparts | Istanbul | |
| Le Méridien Istanbul Etiler | Beşiktaş | |
| Legacy Ottoman Hotel | Istanbul |
When to go
Best time to visit Istanbul Province
From the climate of 6 destinations in Istanbul Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May to September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 6 | 9 °C | 104 mm |
| February | 0 of 6 | 10 °C | 83 mm |
| March | 0 of 6 | 12 °C | 80 mm |
| April | 0 of 6 | 16 °C | 51 mm |
| May | 6 of 6 | 21 °C | 43 mm |
| June | 6 of 6 | 26 °C | 39 mm |
| July | 6 of 6 | 28 °C | 28 mm |
| August | 6 of 6 | 28 °C | 40 mm |
| September | 6 of 6 | 24 °C | 66 mm |
| October | 0 of 6 | 20 °C | 108 mm |
| November | 0 of 6 | 16 °C | 95 mm |
| December | 0 of 6 | 11 °C | 117 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Istanbul Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Istanbul Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
IST · İstanbul Airport
TEQ · Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport
YEI · Bursa Yenişehir Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Istanbul Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Turkey
Nearby
Regions near Istanbul Province
Other regions of Turkey with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.