Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet Becomes Türkiye's Only Three-Key Hotel

Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet became the only hotel in Türkiye to receive three Michelin Keys in 2025, the highest hospitality distinction the guide awards. For an intimate hotel set inside a neoclassical former prison building steps from the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, the three-key rating places it in rarefied company worldwide.

Its restaurant, AVLU, led by Executive Chef Özgür Üstün, focuses on sustainable Anatolian gastronomy, sourcing ingredients from women entrepreneurs across Turkish cities and giving the menu a genuine social and regional foundation. AVLU earned a Michelin Guide recommendation as well as a four-toque Gault&Millau rating in 2026, building on its first Michelin Guide listing a few years earlier.

Located in the historic heart of the old city, within walking distance of Istanbul's most famous monuments, the hotel pairs an unmatched setting with a kitchen that treats sustainability as a defining principle rather than a marketing note. The three keys reflect how completely the two come together.

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