Best part of the journey: Stopover in Istanbul

There's no point in stopping in Istanbul if you can't enjoy the city, so take advantage of the chance to stopover and enjoy yourself in the city. See the legendary views of the Bosphorus, spectacular palaces, and a rich variety of shopping and entertainment. Enjoy all Istanbul has to offer, and thanks to Turkish Airlines, stay in some of the city's best hotels free of charge.

• Stopovers apply for the cities and countries in the scope of stopovers indicated in the table above.
• Stopover is only available for passengers transferring via Istanbul Airport(IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW). Outbound and inbound flights should be through Istanbul
• All flights should be included to the destinations given in the table in order to benefit from stopover free accommodation service.
• Free accommodation is available for round-trip tickets. Free accommodation can be used on the outbound or return journey.
• Visa fees, the cost of travel around the city, and cost of travel between the airport and hotel are borne by the passenger.
• Passengers wishing to benefit from stopover free accommodation service should prefer a transit duration between two flights lasting 20 hours or more.
• Free accommodation is only available for flights operated by Turkish Airlines. Passengers can take advantage of free accommodation using their ticket number only ıf issued by Turkish Airlines stock number starting 235
• In order to benefit from stopover free accommodation service, application must be sent to the relevant country’s e-mail address at least 72 hours before the first flight. You can obtain more information in How does stopover work? section.
• Passengers using stopover free accommodation service cannot benefit from TourIstanbul service at the same time.
• In order to benefit from stopover free accommodation service, all outbound and inbound destinations of the flight shall be included to the ‘Stopover Destinations’ list. For example: In a travel with the following flights: Kazan - Istanbul - Munich / Chisinau - Istanbul - Kazan, passengers cannot benefit from free accommodation service between Kazan - Munich routes as Chisinau is not included to the ‘Stopover Destinations’ list.
• Passengers without any hotel vouchers cannot benefit from free accommodation service.
• Boarding pass and hotel voucher must be presented during check-in to the hotel.
• After obtaining hotel voucher for extra accommodation, you can benefit from the special fares of Turkish Airlines by directly contacting with the hotel.
• The hotel options provided are subject to the availability of Turkish Airlines contracted hotels.
• We are providing 1-night stay in a 4-Star hotel for Economy Class and 2 nights stay in a 5-Star hotel for the Business Class.
• Passengers that get a involuntary ticket reissue due to a flight cancellation for operational reasons, cannot benefit from the stopover accommodation service.
• Departure and return country of the round trip must be the same for a stopover to apply.For example, Following flights are eligible for stopover: New York – Addis Ababa – Accra – New York Passenger departs from and return to same country which is US and both Addis Ababa and Accra included into destination list as they are located in Africa. If passenger goes to Africa and return from another city which is not included into destination list, passenger would not be able get advantage from stopover service.
• Hotel vouchers are non-changeable after once voucher is issued by system.
• Free accommodation is subject to Hotel availability and Turkish Airlines has the right to change terms and conditions at any time.
• Passengers traveling with AnadoluJet cannot benefit from the Stopover Accommodation service.