Good evening, everyone!We just returned on 10/22/2025, we had a rest together in this cozy and small hotel in the very center of Istanbul.The hotel is very nice, renovated,on the 1st floor: reception, a hall with tables for breakfast and a small room with a cooler with water and orange juice (like yuppie) and a coffee machine. To reach the top floor, there is an elevator and a very narrow spiral staircase.Our room was on the second floor.For two people, just to sleep is fine.Our bed was a double bed with a hard mattress and snow-white and fresh linen.There is a small cupboard in the corner, next to it is a fridge with water from the hotel.Nice to meet you, thanks for the compliment).We didn't find the safe, but we weren't upset.A couple of bedside tables, a small table and an armchair.A window with a tiny balcony looked out onto the street.In principle, it's not noisy, but at 4 o'clock you can hear prayers from mosques, and they are everywhere here.All sockets in the room are standard, no adapters are needed.There is a condee.It turns on automatically.The room key is a card.The bathroom has a toilet, a shower room with shampoo and shower gel, a sink with a mirror and liquid soap, a set of towels, disposable slippers and toilet paper.Room cleaning every day.Very clean.If you want to wash your clothes and hang them to dry, then there is no place for that.There's a kettle and glasses on the cupboard, but we didn't use them.Time in Istanbul is the same as Moscow time.Breakfast buffet from 8.30 to 10.Their menu is meager and the same every day, but it's quite possible to choose and eat and even eat.For salad lovers: there are vegetables with and without cheese, similar to crab and olivier.There are several types of eggs, 4 types of cheeses, an omelette, and just vegetables.There were fruits (tangerines) only once.I ate breakfast and during the day, to be honest, I didn't feel like eating at all.There are many shops and restaurants near the hotel.The nearest attractions can be reached in 5-7 minutes on foot. The nearest metro station is a 20-minute walk away, and the Sultanahmet tram stop is 5 minutes away.As for money, they use foreign bank cards and Turkish lira cash. It is not very profitable to exchange our dollars on the street, it is best to change them in a bank.They don't charge a commission there, and it's better to recalculate it.Our Russian mir and Sbp maps do not work anywhere.A transfer from the airport costs 50 euros. We traveled by public transport by metro.Upon arrival, they changed 50 dollars at the airport, they don't change less.Get ready for the fact that the course there is the most super unprofitable.Then we went down to the subway, it's next to the airport, follow the sign for about 5 minutes.There are many different devices in the subway, you need blue, see the attached photo.You buy a card in it, it costs 165 lire.If you don't know the language well, there's a bright square picture in the bottom right corner of the menu, click on it and change the language to Russian.And you do everything according to the instructions.And you put money on it there.One trip per person costs from 35 lira (depending on the line).This card is valid for a family, you don't need to buy for everyone, and it's very convenient.Take the subway with one transfer (it is paid separately) for about an hour and then 20 minutes on foot.And with the transfer of all the courses, our money came out to about 600 rubles.There is a McDonald's and a Starbucks not far from our hotel.And again, I repeat, a million different cafes + street shawarma.We didn't take anything there, I'm afraid.There are a lot of cats in the city, right at every step you will meet these cute kittens, kitties and cats of different colors.The road here is all paved with paving stones, and it goes up and down.It rains sometimes.Therefore, when choosing a vacation in Istanbul, I advise you to bring good shoes and an umbrella.As for how much to take with you, it's better to take more and bring it back than to be left completely without money.The cafes are mainly designed for tourists, the price of the dish varies from 600 lire and above.Local canteens where Turks eat themselves and it seems to be cheaper-we couldn't get in, because they are closed on weekends, in the morning when we leave the hotel they are not working yet, and after 18.00 they are no longer working.The only inexpensive items are water, small souvenirs and bagels.Speaking of bagels, you can find a booth with them at every turn, but only in the area where the Hagia Sophia Mosque is sold with a filling, nutella inside and melted cheese inside.It's incredibly delicious and costs 50 lire.As for museums, for tourists, the price is simply space.The Topkapi Palace+ the harem+ the Irina Museum combo costs 2400 rubles per person.With our money in the region of 5 thousand.It's like a business card, it's worth going, well, it's not wow.The Basilica Cistern Museum (underwater storage), accepts payment only by card.You can buy a ticket for any date through the tour invoice website and pay in rubles.7,000 rubles came out for the two of us.You will spend 10 minutes in museums.There's not much to see there.But also as a business card.There is a nice Gulhane Park next to Topkapi Palace and a tram stop next to it, you can get there if you don't want to walk.I advise you to take a ride along the Bosphorus to the other shore (Asian side), from Eminonu pier (15 minutes walk from our hotel to it).On a one-way boat from 35 lira per person using the same card that you bought on the subway.There are toilets and a mini cafe on the ship where you can buy tea, coffee and snacks. There is a Grand Bazaar market about 15 minutes from our hotel towards the metro, it is very huge and it is easy to get lost in it.You can go there as if on an excursion to see or buy a good one: everything is there.Beglow (Taksim) area can be reached from us by metro or from Eminonu pier.To the Shishli district (there is a large shopping center with a bunch of shops that left Russia)by metro.To the Balat district (small colored houses) by tram.To the Asian part by metro or from Eminonu pier. I hope my review will be useful and useful when choosing a tour to Istanbul, because after reading a lot of reviews before the trip, I believed those who wrote and was very disappointed when in fact everything was different.Good luck to all and have a great rest.

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Ольга Кузнецова

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Excellent budget hotel in the central part of Istanbul Clean rooms,cleaning every day There is a shower gel, shampoo, liquid soap, hair dryer The breakfasts are monotonous, but at the same time satisfying, I've never been hungry. 24-hour tea/coffee/juice/water There is an elevator The Wi-Fi works perfectly Friendly staff Sultanahmed tram stop t1 is 2 minutes away. In order to spend the night and relax, it's a great option. There is a Havaist -11 bus stop nearby, which runs every half hour and will take you from/to Istanbul International Airport for 315 liras) I took the photo on departure day

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Манижа Тишабаева

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It's a great hotel for its price. The breakfasts are delicious. Cleaning is daily, the room is small but clean. Shower, wifi, air conditioning, TV are working. Everything was fine, a good budget option. The hotel is located in the very center, all the sights are 5 minutes away. It is more profitable to exchange money at the Grand Bazaar (7 minutes on foot from the hotel) . The noise insulation in the hotel is good. The staff is polite, and we were allowed to leave our suitcases in the lobby before we left the room. Overall, I am very satisfied.

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