-(L)-LUXURY HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - HOTEL
RATINGS - AAA 4 DIAMONDS, 4 STARS
IN 1984 WHILE DIGGING 12 METERS UNDERGROUND FOR THE
FOUNDATIONS FOR THE ANTIK HOTEL, WORKERS HAPPENED
ACROSS THE REMAINS OF A BUILT STRUCTURE.
INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT BY STAFF OF THE
ISTANBUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM DETERMINED THE
STRUCTURE TO BE THAT OF A LATE ROMAN-EARLY
BYZANTINE (450-500 BC) CISTERN AND ITS
INFRASTRUCTURE. ANOTHER OTTOMAN ERA STRUCTURE HAD
BEEN BUILT OVER THE ORIGINAL CISTERN. FOLLOWING
RESTORATION WORK, THE HISTORICAL CISTERN WAS
BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND TRANSFORMED INTO THE
ANTIK CISTERNA A FACILITY THAT COMBINES CULTURE,
ART AND HISTORY.
TODAY THE ANTIK CISTERNA IS USED TO HOST ART
EXHIBITS, MEETINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THE
ARTIFACTS FOUND DURING EXCAVATION ARE BEING
EXHIBITED IN THE LOBBY AND THE DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS OF THE HOTEL.
EACH FLOOR OF THE HOTEL CARRIES A NAME OF THE
CITY AS IT WAS KNOWN AT DIFFERENT TIMES
THROUGHOUT THE AGES. FLOORS AND ROOMS WERE
DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE CULTURE AND ART OF THEIR
NAMED CIVILIZATION.
