Not only a charming hotel, but a history and hosting project

About Sirkeci Konak

Sirkeci Konak has been created by the team that is in love with Istanbul and hosting; Sirkeci Group Hotels & Restaurants. The word "Konak" is defined as a large mansion house which is generally used as an official residence in Turkey and the former Ottoman Empire.

Hotel's architecture is based on the classical Ottoman Konak style
Sirkeci Konak is located right at the center of the historical peninsula
Being a guest in the hotel is an experience of Turkish and Ottoman hosting tradition
Sirkeci Konak has a swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi and a traditional Turkish bath
Rooms have a view of the Gulhane Park

Sirkeci Konak is located at the historical peninsula and in a few minutes walking distance to major historical areas, museums, shopping centers and public transport points. Click for detailed information about the location of Sirkeci Konak.

Sirkeci Konak is also being neighbor to Topkapi Palace's park Gulhane. Gülhane Park is important, not only as a touristic spot being the palace park, but also as a green and peaceful recreational area. You can take long walks away from urban noise and even go for jogging on the grounds in the fresh morning air.

It has totally 52 rooms and all has bathroom, direct dial telephone, hair dryer and TV. Click for detailed information about the rooms. The hotel has one panoramic terrace restaurant, an indoor restaurant and two meeting rooms.

About Sirkeci Group of Hotels & Restaurants

Sirkeci Group Hotels and Restaurants may be defined as the hotel and the independently operating enterprises providing restaurant and bar services. There are 4 hotels respectively named Orient Express Hotel (Charming Hotel), Erboy Hotel (3 stars), Ilkay Hotel (Budget Hotel) and Sirkeci Konak Hotel (Charming Hotel)

It has 7 restaurants named Paşazade, Ottoman, Imbat, Sirkeci Balikçisi, Neyzade, Istanbul Restaurant and Terrace Restaurant.

Although the hotels with a total bedding capacity of 450 are technically very different from the each other, they have similar organizational structures in respect for service qualities and utmost customer-satisfaction oriented attitudes. Sirkeci Groups Hotel has undertaken certain responsibilities in parallel to the social development and revision movements going on in the Sirkeci area and is continuing to participate actively in projects designed for the Group and for the district. The Group prefers to explain itself as the "a group in love with Sirkeci" and aims at stressing the fact that status quo was only obtained as a result of value oriented struggles and to note the work accomplished in the area.

Sirkeci was an important area for accommodation at the beginning of 1900s but has faced degeneration after 1950s.
Recently, contrary to the previous periods Sirkeci has once again come into the limelight as the rising star of Istanbul. Sirkeci Group has undertaken an important mission to promote Sirkeci area as an attractive living space in the right manner. When it is projected that Sirkeci will attract the attention of intellectual community of Istanbul in the next 2-3 years, it is very important to get prepared for the future and to introduce Sirkeci in much better means.

Urban rehabilitation works going on in Sirkeci area will be completed in 2 years' time and in 2010 underwater transportation project will be completed. Due to these developments Sirkeci Group Hotels and Restaurants has chosen this location. The area is already ahead of its goals in respect for customer satisfaction.

In terms of creating "value" the group has positioned itself properly as well. In fixing the rates, the services offered were meticulously chosen to be exactly right and money's worth. While the local customers form only 10% of the customer profile, remaining 90% mostly consist of citizens of OECD countries. Each hotel has a different customer structure. Therefore, Sirkeci Groups is continuing its advertisement and introduction activities by employing various channels.

In addition to ads placed in the globally renowned tour operators' catalogs such as TUI (Tourist Union International), the advertisement and introduction activities are carried on via Internet channels.