Former palace in central istanbul with several restaurants metro convenience the lavish cvk hotels resorts park bosphorus istanbul is a 30 minute drive from ataturk airport and a 10 minute taxi ride from shopping and nightclubs in the hip nisantasi district taksim metro station is a 5 minute walk making it easy to zip around the city palaces and the bosphorus taksim square is a 2 minute walk and from there you can explore shops along istiklal street a 3 km pedestrian mall topkap palace