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making courses. Dates vary so
contact the hotel before arranging
a stay.
Rooms 249 including family suites.
Rates rooms from around 500 YTL.
Children free. Credit MC, V. Amenit-
ies babysitting service, cots, games
room, high chairs, restaurant, park-
ing, spa, shopping, swimming pool. In
room TV, AC, safe, Internet access.
EXPENSIVE
The Mövenpick Hotel
Istanbul
★★
4 Levent, Istanbul. b +90 212 319 29
29; www.movenpick-istanbul.com .
Located at 4 Levent, a few stops on
the underground system past Taksim
Square.
VALUE
This modern hotel situated on
the outskirts of Istanbul offers a
number of options and incentives
to guests with children. For
instance, youngsters up to 16
years of age can stay in the same
room as their parents free of
charge. The hotel offers baby
cots, a games room as well as high
chairs in the restaurant. Menus
are designed with children in
mind too. Its Mövenpick Ice
Cream Menu is popular, as is its
Family Table brunch held in its
AzzuR Restaurant each Sunday.
At a Family Table, held from
11am through to 3pm, authentic
Turkish dishes are prepared to
aged recipes, and include speciali-
ties such as Turkish white cheese,
village butter, honey in its honey-
comb, poçaça, simit, bazlamaand
kebabs, katmerwith crushed
sesame seeds and homemade
baklava and puddings. The
brunch is 65 YTL, with children
up to 6 years of age free. Children
6 to 12 are charged 32.50 YTL.
The Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul
makes a donation from the cost
of each brunch purchased to the
Theodora Foundation to support
children. In addition, the hotel
organises chocolate-making
courses for children to coincide
with International Children's Day
(see p. 61), and pizza and cookie-
★★★
Suzer Plaza, Elmadag, 34367 Sisli,
Istanbul, b +90 212 334 44 44;
www.ritzcarlton.com
The Ritz-Carlton
Located just 10 minutes' walk or
so from Taksim Square in one
direction and the Dolmabahçe
Palace in the other.
All the glamour and sumptu-
ousness of the multi award-
winning Ritz-Carlton makes a
stay in Istanbul that extra bit spe-
cial. The hotel, which is a short
walk from the Dolmabahçe Palace
(see p. 70), welcomes children. Its
special Ritz Kids and P.O.L.O
(Protect Our Little Ones) pro-
grammes are designed to keep
children entertained and safe,
while giving parents a break.
Perfect! Upon arrival, guests trav-
elling with children under 5 are
escorted to their rooms by a spe-
cially trained bellman who installs
a range of safety features, includ-
ing a night light, bath tap cover,
electric plug covers and emer-
gency safety card with a list of
emergency telephone numbers
geared towards children. Other
safety measures provided include
protective netting for balconies,
water temperature controls and
special toilet locks. A 24-hour
babysitting service is provided, as
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