Continental Hotel Pera

One of the best apartment stays I’ve had in Istanbul! The location is truly perfect — close to everything, with a beautiful view of Galata Bridge and Pera Square from our room. The apartment was spotless, cleaned daily, and well-equipped with essentials like a washing machine , dishwasher, pans and pots for cooking and electrical stoves for cooking — ideal for families. Service at the hotel was fast and efficient. There’s no free parking, but for €10/day, they’ll park your car for you and return it whenever needed. The breakfast, however, was very basic (just cheese, jam, etc.) at Big Chef, but unfortunately, the service there was unfriendly and unwelcoming. so we had to eat out . The rooftop restaurant (not part of the hotel but accessible via reservation at the reception) offers a stunning view — definitely worth visiting. Highly recommend Continental Pera for cleanliness, convenience, and comfort! I’ll come again next time for sure.

This hotel is at the perfect location to explore Istanbul! Very close to the Galata tower and plenty of restaurants and bars if you want to enjoy the nightlife! Şişhane Metro station just around the corner and walkable distance from tram and street full of shops that takes you to Taksim square. Amazing views from the rooftop!! (see pics) There's a restaurant up there. Prices are a bit expensive but still doable if you want to have a romantic dinner. I tried their hammam spa downstairs, staff is incredibly nice and I was basically on my own between the sauna and hammam room. I would suggest explaining to people how that works would be good cause some might have no idea of what to do by themselves. If you are short on time you can skip it I would say. The room was spacious and clean, the bed was huge and really comfortable!! they put two bottles of water in the mini fridge every day, staff was always welcoming and friendly. They gave us a nice box of chocolates which was a nice touch, they were really good! We didn't have breakfast so don't know about that. Overall we really enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend this hotel!! The toilet was a disabled toilet and had a higher seat than usual, that was a bit annoying to be honest but not a big deal. We were on the first floor and we could hear noise from the street even if our room was facing the back of the hotel, but we could sleep just fine apart from the first night that there was a protest going on outside and it felt quite noisy..

Our stay was wonderful! The hotel is new, very clean, and perfectly located. The breakfast was excellent, and the service overall was very good. However, there was an unpleasant situation at check-in: a young staff member at the reception assigned us to a room of a lower category than the one we had booked and refused to resolve the issue. Fortunately, the next day, other staff members were very attentive and professional — they apologized for the inconvenience and upgraded us to a junior suite as compensation. In the end, we were very satisfied with our stay and would definitely return!