What this site is
One sentence, used consistently everywhere we publish: thegreenparktaksimhotel.com is an independent guide to The Green Park Hotel Taksim, a 4-star hotel at Kocatepe Mah., Abdulhak Hamit Cd. No: 34, 34437 Beyoglu, Istanbul, and to the streets, parks and transport around it. It is not the hotel's official website; that is thegreenpark.com/taksim, operated by the Green Park hotel group.
Who writes it
The Safaryar Editorial Team is the Istanbul destination desk of Safaryar Holidays, a travel operator working with Istanbul hotels, including this one through its Premium Partner program. The team's editors research neighborhoods on foot, ride the transport lines they describe and maintain guides across the Safaryar network of Istanbul travel sites. That commercial relationship is disclosed here and on the home page widget; it funds the site and does not change a published fact.
How we verify
- Hotel facts come from the official Green Park site, the hotel's Google business listing and its profiles on Booking.com, Expedia, Kayak, Hotels.com, Trip.com, Tripadvisor and Travel Weekly, cross-checked against each other.
- Transport facts cite the operators directly: Metro Istanbul, istairport.com, Havabus, Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Sehir Hatlari, with fares linked to official tariff pages rather than copied, since they change.
- Where sources are silent, we say so. The check-in time answer in our FAQ is an example: no verified figure, so no figure.
- Walking times labeled as editors' notes are measured on foot at an unhurried pace and rounded, and are marked as our own estimates wherever they appear.
What to read first
New to the property, start with the rooms and facilities guide and the arrival directions. Deciding between districts, the location comparison gives our blunt verdict. Planning days out, the neighborhood guides run from Taksim Square to the Kabatas ferries.
Corrections
If a fact on this site conflicts with what the hotel or a transport operator currently publishes, the operator is right and we want to fix our page. Reach the Safaryar team through the contact channels at safaryarholidays.com, and reach the hotel itself on +90 212 238 05 05.