Gay Friendly Hotels in Istanbul

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If you book the hotels listed below you will get a reply directly from the hotel owners/managers and make any payment to the hotels after your arrival (exceptions are possible during busy periods). Istanbul-gay-hotel.Com is an affiliate website and the booking of following hotels are independent from Pride travel, but still we are ready to help any communication problem with them, if required.

HOTEL PETROL PALACE - Direct reservation
Location: Sultanahmet. Average Price:  Double: 49-64 € (per room)
The most senior and most popular gay-friendly accommodation in Istanbul. Free arrival transfer for all gay visitors. Very friendly owner and staff.

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HOTEL DIVAS - Direct reservation
Location: Sultanahmet. Average Price: Double 45-120 € (per room)
Moved to a completely renovated new building in January 2010 Diva's Hotel is a gay and lesbian friendly hotel especially recommended for nicely decorated cosy and comfortable rooms

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HOT SUITES - Direct reservation
Location: Taksim. Average Price: Double: 69-119 € (per room)
A brand new gay friendly and gay-owned boutique accommodation located a minute away from Taksim Square. 7 suite rooms are ready to welcome gay and lesbian clients from all over the world. Special rates provided for this websites.
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HOTEL NOMADE - Direct reservation
Location: Sultanahmet. Average Price: Double: 70-100 € (per room)
Gay and lesbian friendly Hotel Nomad lies in the heart of Istanbul's old city. It has totally renovated for its 20. anniversary by French designer Dan Beranger, offering deluxe rooms in a boutique establishment.
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ORANGE FLAT - Direct reservation
Location: Taksim. Price: Single: 30-40 Euro, Double: 35-50 Euro
Gay owned studio flat available daily, only 200 meters away from Taksim Square providing most hotel facilities such as breakfast, air-condition, safe box, cable TV with international channels, wireless ADSL connection , en suite bath/shower etc.
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HOTEL BOOKING WITH PRIDE TRAVEL

The reservation process and payment of below hotels will be completed via Pride Travel, a gay-owned and managed travel agency located in Istanbul. Pride Travel offers a free introduction tour of Istanbul to all gay clients who books below hotels from the company, but please send a request from for joining these tours here. (Click for Istanbul Intro Tour Details and Make Reservation)

MEGARA PALACE
Location: Sultanahmet. Average Price:  Double: 74-93 € (per room)
Boutique Hotel just across the walls of Topkapi Palace, especially recommended to gay and lesbian clients, due to its quality and very liberal administration. Rooms with Air-condition, Direct phone, Satellite TV, Wireless ADSL Internet Access etc.
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HOTEL LARES PARK (4* (+) -
Location: Taksim. Average Price:  Double: 110-160 € (per room)
Officially gay-friendly 4 * (+) hotel in Taksim. Hotel guests can use Health Club (fitness center, Jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath, indoor swimming pool) With every possible way to relieve your stress, including a massage,
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CENTRAL PALACE HOTEL
Location: Taksim. Average Price:  Double: 100-140 € (per room)
Deluxe Boutique hotel with 5* quality suite rooms. Gay friendly hotel has 55 rooms and combines high quality and incomparable hospitality with personal care. It is air-conditioned and includes a lobby with a 24-hour check-in desk, a hotel safe etc.
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W HOTEL ISTANBUL
Location: Besiktas. Average Price:  250-400 € (per room)
Before booking this hotel elsewhere comparing our rates. Istanbul branch of international chain of gay-friendly W hotels is also one of most luxurious hotels of city. Located by the Bosphorus, a short taxi ride away from Taksim.
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OTHER RECOMMENDED HOTELS FROM PRIDE TRAVEL

Following hotels are not officially gay/lesbian friendly. These hotels are recommended in terms of their perfect location and very reasonable prices. Free introduction tour of Istanbul to all gay clients who books below hotels from the company, but please send a request from for joining these tours here.
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FIVE BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Location: Harbiye/Taksim. Average Prices:  Double 60-100 Euro
The First Organic Hotel in Turkey. A unique encounter with Turkish hospitality, history, art, gastronomy and service. Incomparable hotel in an incomparable location right in the middle of most popular Taksim and Nisantasi districts of Istanbul.
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TULIP CITY TAKSIM (4*)
Location: Taksim/Beyoglu. Average Prices:  Double 60-110 Euro
Very well priced 4 * hotel located in the heart of Beyoglu. Hotel is in heart of Istanbul covered with historic buildings and it is in culture and shopping district of the city.
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GOLDEN HORN SULTANAHMET  (4*)
Location: Sultanahmet. Average Price: Double: 80-115 € (per room)
This a 4 * hotel located at a great location in Sultanahmet. Although it is not officially gay-friendly, recommended for its location, very competitive prices and great view of city from its terrace cafe-restaurant.  It has undergone a complete restoration in early 2007
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