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Saint Sophia Hotel SultanahmetAlemdar Cad.No:2 Sultanahmet, Old City Sultanahmet, 34400 Istanbul (Show map) Good, Score from 77 reviews“the best location I could imagine, magnificent view from balcony, nice suite room with jacuzzi”
Anna,
Moscow
Set in the heart of Old Istanbul, this hotel is right in front of Hagia Sophia. It has a bar and offers air conditioned rooms with satellite TV and free Wi-Fi. Best Western Saint Sophia Hotel is less than 220 yards from Topkapi Palace, Gulhane National Park and the Archaeological Museum. The Blue Mosque and the Roman Hippodrome are only a 5-minute walk away. All rooms at Best Western Saint Sophia are equipped with minibar, tea/coffee maker, telephone, and ironing facilities. Each features a private bathroom with bathtub and hairdryer. Some rooms offer scenic views of the historic center and the nearby park. Guests of Best Western can relax in the lobby and enjoy a coffee or drink in the open terrace. 24-hour front desk, laundry and dry cleaning facilities are also available. Hotel Best Western Saint Sophia is less than 12 miles from Ataturk International Airport. Free private parking is available nearby the hotel. Hotel Rooms: 27, Hotel Chain: Best Western.
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Total Hotel Score:7.8
Based on 77 reviews Guest reviews are written by our customers after their stay at Saint Sophia Hotel Sultanahmet. |
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Charles
Mature couple
New Haven,
United States of America
June 15, 2011
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The location is just superb. The staff was friendly and helpful. The hotel is well maintained and cleaned. Has an elevator. The room was plain and small, but had a large comfortable bed and a good bathroom. Excellent breakfast. Excellent hotel for the cost. Would stay there again.
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9.2 |
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Tareef
Group of friends
Amman,
Jordan
December 18, 2011
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The location for this hotel is very nice. Close to St.Sophia and Sultan Ahment Mosque. Breakfast for this hotel is quite poor
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9.2 |
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Baki
Group of friends
Nieuw-Vennep,
Netherlands
May 23, 2011
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Very friendly hotel staff. Good Cleaning service. Nice rooms. Perfect located. The breakfast is not so varieted.
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9.2 |
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Anonymous
Young couple
Netherlands
May 16, 2011
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Great location. Nice homely feeling, human scale. Good wifi. Breakfast a bit simple. Hotel saves on wrong items, no slippers in the room, only one bar of soap in room for two persons and no new one.
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7.9 |
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Franco
Mature couple
Rome,
Italy
January 7, 2012
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Excellent location, very friendly staff, very clean The only problem was the bathroom (toilet) too small, hard to move around
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8.5 |
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Galina
Group of friends
Moscow,
Russia
September 27, 2011
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The location of the hotel is just surerb, near all main sightseeing. I enjoyed view of the Blue Mosque from the window.
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8.3 |
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Anonymous
Young couple
Kazakhstan
June 3, 2011
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Hotel staff are very helpful and friendly at reception. The central location is perfect for sight seeing and the tram is on the door step which makes travel around the city very easy. This hotel is all about location. The hotel is aged and could be doing with some money being spent on repair to bring up to a standard. Breakfast very basic and the same every day. Cleaners have no respect for do not disturb signs and continue making lots of noise. 10 oclock is when breakfast is finished and as far as house keeping is concerned everyone should be out of the hotel.
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6.3 |
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Riyad
Young couple
SHARJAH,
United Arab Emirates
April 1, 2011
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excellent location cleanliness is poor: 1-water cattle is dirty, 2-jacuzzi is dirty, 3-bathroom floor gets full of water during shower, since the drainage is located at bathroom corner, 4- lobby & restaurant furniture is very old and dirty needs upgrade
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5.4 |
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Anna
Young couple
Moscow,
Russia
March 9, 2011
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the best location I could imagine, magnificent view from balcony, nice suite room with jacuzzi
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7.9 |
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Elia
Solo traveler
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
March 7, 2011
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Very run down. Poor English amongst the staff. Bathroom not properly cleaned. We had stayed four years ago and the hotel has nor been renovated since.
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3.8 |
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Mehmet
Young couple
31 Ali Baba,
Turkey
December 2, 2011
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The location is good and it is good value for the price. Clean and efficient - it was sufficient for a simple stay as we needed a city hotel room only for a 10 hour layover for our flight out. The hotel staff were very helpful and professional in assisting us for our transfer to the airport. The hotel is a little dated and in need of a refurbishment soon, but the hotel and rooms themselves while dated were clean and comfortable.and had decent amenities. The main entrance to the hotel was not on street level but required some stair climbing walking up to or down from the 2 alternate streets. This was not easy if you had any heavy luggage since you need to reach the entrance first before getting any assistance from the willing staff.
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7.5 |
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Anonymous
Mature couple
United Kingdom
November 24, 2011
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Location within walking distance of main attractions
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7 |
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Saad
Solo traveler
Karachi,
Pakistan
October 23, 2011
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The location is very good. We stayed in this hotel 4 years ago and hence I choose to stay in this hotel again. But this time round the hotel room that was given to me was really bad. Most of the roof dripped all night long. When I told the Hotel staff in the morning they told me that "thank you for telling us we do not know of these things since the guests in the room". I was astonished as to how they did not know about a dripping roof, don't they check the hotel room before giving it to the guest. Anyway I used to recommend this hotel to people going to Istanbul but would now ask them to look for a different hotel in the same area.
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4.6 |
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Zulfikhar
Family with young children
houston,
United States of America
October 10, 2011
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Very comfortable beds. Clean bathrooms. Really small bedrooms and bathrooms. Staff tried to rip me off at every opportunity and didn't offer anything at all. No other facilities like recreational, pool or restaurant.
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5.8 |
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Jorge
Mature couple
Johannesburg,
South Africa
September 21, 2011
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The best attribute of the hotel is undoutedly its location, although a certain degree of traffic noise comes along with this. It may be considered relatively good value for money due to its location, but the hotel iand its rooms are quite dated and the service level, although friendly, is somewhat limited by the small number of staff. The breakfast service could certainly be improved upon.
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6.7 |
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Anonymous
Solo traveler
Netherlands
August 29, 2011
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Small, quirky, hotel feels like home. Perfect central location. Friendly staff. Good wifi.
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8.3 |
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Anonymous
Family with older children
Oman
July 12, 2011
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Istanbul tours Noise from the street party
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7.1 |
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Christo
Group of friends
Sofia,
Bulgaria
July 11, 2011
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Great location if you are tourist(s) - in the very center of Old Town. Clean. Good value for money. If you are traveling by car, reaching the hotel is a nightmare and subject to a "old town car fee" (15 TRL). May be a little noisy as tram passes in front of the hotel.
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6.7 |
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Anonymous
Group of friends
Slovenia
June 10, 2011
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We like location best. This is a very good hotel for those who come to Istanbul to see the city tourist attractions (near Hagia Sofia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, near Bazar, etc.).The rooms are clean - a suggestrion: do not stay in triple room. Ask for a double and a single room instead! Waiters and the ladies who clean the rooms are more helpfull than the staf at the reception (with one or two exceptions).Recomand. Location, nice rooms.
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7.1 |
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Anonymous
Group of friends
United Kingdom
May 5, 2011
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Great location and helpful staff A bit noisy - right next to tramway
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8.3 |
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Dmitry
Family with young children
Almaty,
Kazakhstan
May 3, 2011
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Excellent location. Very good room and staff.
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8.3 |
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Anne
Group of friends
Astana,
Kazakhstan
May 3, 2011
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The room are really badly isolated. I had the feeling the tram was going through my room all night long. Also I could hear the TV from the room next door.
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4.6 |
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Rajeeb
Family with young children
ABU DHABI,
United Arab Emirates
December 14, 2011
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Very close to famous attractions as hagia sofia,(next door), blue mosque, dining, transportation stops,tour starting points 1)Lighting inside the room was bad as we could not read anything in the night and the visibility inside the room was too low during the night due to bad lighting. 2)FOR BREAKFAST AT THE RESTAURANT, NOBODY TO ATTEND THE GUESTS
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7.1 |
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Fredda
Mature couple
Port Angeles,
United States of America
July 5, 2011
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The location could not have been better--right next to the Hagia Sophia. A block or two from the palace and all its museums and very near the blue mosque. Also it was close to several good eating places. The free shuttle from the airport was very good and solved the problem of accessing the hotel. [It is hard to get to this location.] Hotel staff mainly attentive and helpful. [Beds changed every day, ac worked well, two keys were provided when we asked for them for example.] It is a very old building and the steps are uneven everywhere. Higher, shorter, often rough. Outside the access to the hotel is extremely bad. It is on a stiff slope with rough cobblestones and loose rock and dirt. You must either go uphill or down hill to the street. Nothing is level anywhere in the place. Also the bathroom is very small. But because of the location you can put up with a lot!!!!
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8.8 |
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Anonymous
Young couple
Algeria
March 6, 2011
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Attitude du staff irreprochable Proximité des sites touristiques majeurs et disponibilité du personnel.
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8.8 |
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