Naz Wooden House Inn - Istanbul, Turkey

Info & Description

''NAZ WOODEN HOUSE INN'' is a small charming hotel located in SULTANAHMET (Old City) district of ISTANBUL with reasonable rates for travellers who are interested in ''historical and modern elements''.

NAZ today serves as a model for traditional and gracious accommodation. It has 7 ''cave-like rooms'' with bathroom and shower, and other modern facilities such as air conditioning, central heating, cable TV, minibar and hair-dryer. All of rooms are no smoking. The interior of the rooms reflects the exotic beauty of ''Byzantine and classic Ottoman Empire decoration''. All the rooms are decorated with rustic wooden furniture and ''Turkish handcrafts'' which are the samples of neo-classic Ottoman art.

The terrace of NAZ has a tremendous view of the Sea of Marmara and the Princes Islands on one side and a spectacular view of the Blue Mosque on the other. Naz also has an ancient hall of which the walls are the remains of Byzantine house. The open buffet breakfast is served at beautiful wooden terrace looking to the sea, old wooden houses and Blue Mosque in summers and in the ancient hall during the cold winter days and prefered by the guests for listening traditional Turkish music.

NAZ WOODEN HOUSE INN is not close to the commercial site of Sultanahmet, but in the residential part of it, the Ahirkapi district, where the daily life still goes on without much effected from the growing tourism activities in the area. Ahirkapi district is also known as the residance of Turkish gipsies that makes it more colorfull and rich as a survivor of a glorious culterel heritage. The area is under protection now because of the historical wooden houses slighlty remainig in the city. Among these houses is the NAZ Wooden House INN, ''a 130 years-old unique house that has recently restored.'' An important detail distinguishing NAZ from other wooden houses is that it also contains the remains of an older building made of stone which dates back to the 8th century and is thought to be a secondary building of the Byzantine Palace. The remnants of the historic building are preserved in the interior walls of NAZ, as are the some of the original Byzantine arches and columns. This makes the NAZ Wooden House Inn unique. Although some part of the building was unfortunately destroyed, with the consent of the Commission for Ancient Monuments, NAZ Wooden House Inn was rebuilt with its exterior as an exact replica of the original home.