This 19th-century Levantine house is in the heart of Istanbul’s fashionably bohemian arts and design quarter, below buzzing İstiklal Caddesi, close to the Çukurcuma antiques district. Beautifully preserved inside and out, it is the ultimate Beyoğlu hideaway, with its five attractive rooms. You can rent these individually or, better still, book the complete house with sitting room and kitchen. From the windows you look across to the Palazzo di Venezia and the Fossati Brothers Dutch embassy.

The Maison Tomtom opened in 2021, an amazing combination of atmosphere and comfort, and a true labour of love by the owners. Cornucopia’s photographer at large, Monica Fritz, was invited to capture some images of the hotel inside and out just before it opened.