Description of hotel: Taksim Star in Istanbul

Located only 50 metres away from lively Istiklal Avenue with many restaurants, bars and shops, Taksim Star Hotel offers free WiFi. The air-conditioned rooms at the Hotel Taksim Star include a flat-screen TV and a minibar. Some rooms have a balcony with panoramic views of the Bosphorus or Istanbul city centre. Guests can enjoy local and international cuisine at the restaurant. A rich buffet breakfast is served in the mornings at the next door building. Guests can benefit from an indoor pool, a range of relaxing massage treatments as well as individual steam baths at a building next door, also owned by the hotel. Other convenient facilities at the Taksim Star include currency exchange and airport shuttle service. Dolmabahce Palace is less than a 20-minute walk away. Taksim Metro Station, allowing the guests to have quick access around the city, is 300 metres away. Ataturk International Airport is 20 km to the hotel while Istanbul Airport is 51 km away