Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet

A small house in the former neoclassical prison between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, with five-star standing.

Five-star · From $700 per nightAny mandatory hotel fees are shown before you confirm.

First light over Sultanahmet & the Old City

Four Seasons · Sultanahmet & the Old City · Istanbul

A sense of the place

Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet — suite — A historic suite at Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet seen from the bed through three tall French doors: a balcony with a marble bistro table holding white hydrangeas and a red book, a wrought-iron chair with a striped cushion, an olive leather armchair inside, and across the courtyard the ochre wing of the former prison with its pointed-arch windows and red window boxes; nobody in frame — © Four Seasons

Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet — garden — The courtyard at night — Gryffindor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet — exterior — Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet seen from above: the ochre-yellow neoclassical former prison with arched windows, white balustrades, red-tiled roofs and its pointed corner turret, the inner courtyard garden with palms, and Hagia Sophia's dome and minarets rising behind under a clear blue sky; green construction mesh on scaffold poles wraps the drum of a neighbouring dome behind the roofline, beside the turret; nobody in frame — © Four Seasons

Why it's in the collection

Because a small house stands in the former neoclassical prison of Sultanahmet, between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, with a garden courtyard inside its walls and the monuments at the gate – and the house holds five-star standing.

In Sultanahmet, between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque; a Four Seasons house.
The former neoclassical prison of the Old City, restored around a garden courtyard.
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star 2026 for the hotel; Three MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds five-star standing.

Good to know

Address — Tevkifhane Sokak No. 1, 34110 Sultanahmet-Eminönü
Number of rooms — 65
Opened — 1996

From the hotel's website, checked Oct 8, 2026

The neighborhood

First light over Sultanahmet & the Old City

Sultanahmet & the Old City

The Old City on its peninsula, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace and one of the twelve hotels. All three stand around the Hippodrome; the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar are here too, and the tram runs down to Eminönü and the Golden Horn.

Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, at the gate.
Topkapı Palace, five minutes on foot.
The Grand Bazaar, ten minutes on foot.

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