Palma de Mallorca, Barcelo Hotels & Resorts begins with the management of a new Hotel in Turkey this week, more specifically in Istanbul, with a long term rental agreement with the owners of the Hotel, who are 100% of Turkish capital, and who have amongst others an important presence in the construction sector in Turkey.

The hotel, whose new name will be Barcelo Eresin Topkapi Istanbul, is located at 186, Millet Caddesi Street, which is part of the Topkapi district. It’s a pure urban hotel, located at 10 km from the international airport, and only few minutes by car from the business centre and other major sightseeing’s, such as the Grand Bazar, the Sultanahmet Mosque and the Topkapi Palace.

This five star “Barcelo Eresin Topkapi Istanbul” has 249 rooms, 20 of which are suites. There are also two restaurants: the “Topkapi” that offers Turkish and Ottoman specialities, and the “Cafe Julien”, with international cuisine. There are also two other bars.

In addition to all, the hotel facilities that correspond to its category, the “Eresin Topkai” puts at the disposal of its guests a Wellness Spa centre, with two swimming pools (one of them for children), a Turkish bath, a sauna Jacuzzi, a sport centre and a “Vitamin bar”.

It is also worthwhile mentioning, the hotel meeting and conference facilities: with different size lounges that range from 66 to 566 sqm, adding up to total lounge capacity of over 1.550 sqm wide. Finally, the hotel has some 121 parking spaces available for its guests.

The “Barcelo Eresin Topkapi Istanbul” is the third hotel that Barcelo operates in Turkey since 1999. Barcelo manages two other leisure hotels in the Bodrum area, “Barcelo Ora Holiday” and the “Barcelo Rexene”, with 166 rooms respectively. With this new hotel Barcelo increases its room capacity to a total of 581 rooms in Turkey, becoming the largest Spanish hotel company in Istanbul.