Six Senses Kocatas Mansions, Istanbul review: the world in one city

A grand oasis of calm in the historic trading centre of Istanbul is the ideal post-pandemic destination

Kocatas Mansions, Istanbul
Kocatas Mansions, overlooking the Bosphorus, at the meeting point of Europe and Asia
(Image credit: Holden Frith)

For a brief period last autumn, Istanbul was just about the only city-break destination that didn’t require a spell in quarantine. Now, with travel opening up once again, British holidaymakers have the opportunity to return in more relaxed circumstances.

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Holden Frith is The Week’s digital director. He also makes regular appearances on “The Week Unwrapped”, speaking about subjects as diverse as vaccine development and bionic bomb-sniffing locusts. He joined The Week in 2013, spending five years editing the magazine’s website. Before that, he was deputy digital editor at The Sunday Times. He has also been TheTimes.co.uk’s technology editor and the launch editor of Wired magazine’s UK website. Holden has worked in journalism for nearly two decades, having started his professional career while completing an English literature degree at Cambridge University. He followed that with a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. A keen photographer, he also writes travel features whenever he gets the chance.