Renovated rooms and lobby in March 2013. Located only 200 metres away from lively Istiklal Avenue with many restaurants, bars and shops, Taksim Star Hotel offers free Wi-Fi and panoramic Bosphorus views from the rooftop terrace. The air-conditioned rooms at the Hotel Taksim Star include a flat-screen TV and a minibar. Some rooms have a balcony with panoramic views of the Bosphorus or Istanbul city centre. Guests can enjoy local and international cuisine on the hotel's rooftop restaurant, located on the terrace. On colder days, meals are served at the Indoor Winter Garden Restaurant. A rich buffet breakfast is served in the mornings. Guests can benefit from an indoor pool, a range of relaxing massage treatments as well as individual steam baths at a building next door, also owned by the hotel. Other convenient facilities at the Taksim Star include currency exchange and airport shuttle service. Dolmabahce Palace is less than a 20-minute walk away. Taksim Metro Station, allowing the guests to have quick access around the city, is 300 metres away. Ataturk International Airport is 20 km to the hotel.