Istanbul Hotel Petrol

HOTEL PETROL PALACE
Petrol Palace Garden Cafe

The square beside Hagia Sophia occupies the site which was once the heart of ancient Constantinople. The square coinsides almost exactly with the Augustaeum, the public forecourt to the Great Palace of Byzantium. On it's northern side the Augustaeum gave access to Hagia Sophia and to the Patriachal Palace, while outside it's southern corner stood the Challce or Brazen House, the monumental vestibulet the Great Palace. The Hippodrome was just to the southwest of the Augustaeum and to the south the Baths of Zeuxippus, the largest & famous public bath in the city. Thus the Augustaeum and it's immediate neighborhood were at the very hub of life in the ancient city. Today the square is no longer a civil center, but it's still a central point for visiting the antiquities on the First Hill.

Hotel Petrol Palace

Address : Divanyolu cad. Dr.Emin Pasa sok. No:4 34400 Sultanahmet - Istanbul Turkey
Phone : +90 212 511 53 33, +90 212 511 53 34 Fax : +90 212 522 31 50
e-mail : info@hotelpetrol.com