travel42 Hotel Review: InterContinental Istanbul

InterContinental Istanbul travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

The InterContinental Istanbul is ideally located beside Taksim Park. It's across the street from Grand Hyatt, two blocks south of the Hilton Istanbul, and within walking distance of the busy nightlife of Istiklal Caddesi and public transportation to all other areas of the city.

The looming 26-story triangular tower was built in the 1980s as a Sheraton. The cold, gray tower of glass and concrete rises out of a ring of well-clipped shrubbery and belies the ...