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Aquarium Hotel

Guests can enjoy authentic Turkish cuisine at the hotel restaurant before exploring Istanbul's iconic landmarks like Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace

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The Aquarium Hotel, near the Grand Bazaar, offers a complimentary breakfast buffet. Relax in the peaceful garden and outdoor entertainment space after sightseeing. Enjoy in-room WiFi and on-site car rentals for easy exploration of Istanbul's historic sites.

Reviews

5.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Business services

Room options

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  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
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  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Located in Sultanahmet, a neighborhood in Istanbul, Aquarium Hotel is near a metro station. Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace are cultural highlights, and some of the area's notable landmarks include Sultanahmet Square and Blue Mosque. Check out an event or a game at Ataturk Olympic Stadium, and consider making time for Istanbul Expo Center, a top attraction not to be missed. Visit our Istanbul travel guide
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Alemdar Mah. Alaykosku Cad. No 16, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, 34110

What's nearby

  • The Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey
    Basilica Cistern
    3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Scenic fountain at the Sultanahmet Square and the Hagia Sophia
    Sultanahmet Square
    5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Blue Mosque
    Blue Mosque
    5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Hagia Sophia
    Hagia Sophia
    5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Grand Bazaar
    Grand Bazaar
    8 min walk - 0.5 miles

Getting around

  • Gulhane Station
    3 min walk
  • Sirkeci Marmaray Station
    6 min walk
  • Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Intl. Airport (SAW)
    67 min drive

Restaurants

  • Değirmencioğlu Restaurant
    1 min walk
  • Adamar Hotel
    1 min walk
  • Köşk Kebap Dürüm Evi
    1 min walk
  • Gulhane Sark Sofrasi
    1 min walk
  • Sultanahmet Fish House
    2 min walk

About this property

Aquarium Hotel

Hotel near Sultanahmet Square
A short walk from Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, Aquarium Hotel provides a free breakfast buffet, a garden, and laundry facilities. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with car rentals on site and an outdoor entertainment area.
Other perks at this hotel include:
  • Free self parking
  • An area shuttle, a front-desk safe, and a 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry services, smoke-free premises, and tour/ticket assistance
Room features
All guestrooms at Aquarium Hotel feature thoughtful touches such as 24-hour room service and free international calls, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and air conditioning.
Extra amenities include:
  • Bathrooms with hydromassage showers and free toiletries
  • LCD TVs with satellite channels
  • Balconies, daily housekeeping, and desks

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Guidebooks
  • Laundry facilities
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor entertainment area

Accessibility

  • Elevator

More

  • 1 building
  • 5 floors
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Hydromassage showerhead
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LCD TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free international calls
  • Free local calls
  • Free long-distance calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-out

Check-out before 12:30 PM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 5 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Frequently asked questions

Is Aquarium Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Aquarium Hotel?

Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at Aquarium Hotel?

Check-out is at 12:30 PM.

Where is Aquarium Hotel located?

Located in Sultanahmet, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Basilica Cistern, Sultanahmet Square, and Hagia Sophia. Grand Bazaar and Bosphorus are also within 15 minutes. Gulhane Station and Sultanahmet Station are within a 5-minute walk.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Aquarium Hotel Reviews

5.4

5.8

Cleanliness

8.4

Location

5.2

Staff & service

5.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 16 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 16 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 16 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 16 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 16 reviews

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

viktoriia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Поселили не в тот номер за который заплатили!

Отель хороший, маленький как и все в этом районе, есть лифт, что как я поняла редкость для отелей самого сердца исторического Стамбула! В шаговой доступности все самые главные достопримечательности! И до босфора 10 минут неспешным шагом. Вполне хорошие завтраки, всего хватает в любое время! Улыбчивый персонал! Но есть один минус, я заплатила за трех местный номер, а нас поселили в двух местный и сослались на то что в отеле нет свободных номеров!!!! Я была согласна и на этот номер, уж очень понравился балкончик с видом на Айя Софию, попросила раскладушку, но ее так и не принесли и сыну пришлось спать на диване который не раскладывается, мы так и прожили три дня в двух местном номере, хотя заплатили за большой номер!!!!!
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Maziar

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst hotel ever! Don't book it!

Don't go this hotel! The front desk people at day time are hostile, rude and unprofessional. We got there at 5 pm and they asked for our passports. I gave them our passports and the girl with hijab put them in the drawer and asked me to pay in order to have them back!! So at this moment I felt sth is up. So after I swiped my credit card, they said there's np room available for us although we booked it through Hotels.com. They sent us around the area to find a room with a 20 month oold baby in my arms!! We were placed in a two star hotel with no crib or bed for our toddler for three nights and with my daily visits to Aquarium hotel finally we were given a room. The door to the washroom was broken with scattered glasses on the floor and we have a toddler!!! The hotel doesn't care about clients and standards since they get enough tourists in that area. It is located at a prime location. The night shift were nicer people but they don't understand a word of English but one of them is fluent in French. We didn't have any problems with that since we speak French in Canada.
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

In unseren Augen keine 3 Sterne wert

Von dem Hotel waren wir leider ziemlich enttäuscht. Das Zimmer war verdreckt und wurde in der ganzen Woche kein einziges Mal gereinigt, Schimmel im Bad, Kabel hingen von der Decke, die Heizung ging nicht und hat die ganze Woche getropft, die Fenster waren undicht und dadurch extrem zugig. Alles in allem leider sehr schäbig.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

OK hotel til prisen

Opholdet svarede nogenlunde til det forventede, og hotellet var valgt ud fra beliggenheden. Eneste store irritationspunkt var, at vi ved ankomsten sent om aftenen kun kunne få det ene af vore to betalte værelser. Derfor var vi tvunget til at dele værelse den første aften.
Verified

4/10 Poor

lafay

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
plutôt malhonnête . L’hôtel est bricolé : par exemple les plinthes sont inexistantes ou mal ajustées , ça sent l'humidité....Par contre la jeune dame à la reception est très accueillante
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

One of the best locations

breakfast is very good, the staff are very kind and the rooms are clean! regards to the staff from holland
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
centrally situated but no elevator only stairs, and its a challange to go to room on 3 floor . very bad cleaning situation . breakfast is a disappointment.
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Annonymous

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Horrible

Simply avoid this hotel. Me and my spouse ignored one bad review and learned our lesson. We visited Istanbul in last week of October, 2010 and stayed in this hotel. Except location and free WIFI nothing is positive. Bathroom was smaller than we have seen in our life. On First night bathroom in our room was so small that if you sit on toilet your face is literally in sink. We asked to change room next day, got few more feet in bathroom but that is still couple of more feet than what you see in airplain (yes, no kidding). Also bathroom and their rooftop breakfast are dirty; we ended up buying air freshener to survive for 3 days in the hotel. We don’t see how anyone can give positive review on this hotel. Area has many hotels, simply look other way and don’t get fooled by positive review and pictures of Aquarium Hotel Istanbul…. We noticed people coming and checking room before renting them, which is good idea based on our experience just to avoid any similar hotel in area.
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hôtel bien situé mais ne méritant pas ses 3 étoiles

Le prix est à la hauteur des prestations : il ne faut pas s'attendre à un palace ni à des chambres et sdb spacieuses. L'avantage de l'hôtel réside dans sa situation.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mahesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Clean hotel, great location, friendly staff

This is a very cozy and clean hotel with a great location - right behind Hagia Sofia in the Sultanahmet square. The rooms are very clean and well arranged. They are a little tiny - a lot like the family run B&Bs you find in Greece. They have an excellent rooftop dining which has a fantastic view of the Bosphorus and Hagia Sophia - so each morning you get to have a breakfast with a V-I-E-W which is itself worth a lot, especially for tourists. The staff is young and very friendly, always on the job and ready to take requests and provide city information - they obviously know Istanbul in and out. Literally a 2 minute walk from Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topokapi palace and the Archelogical museum. It is also 2 minutes walking to the tram line - which connects you to the Bosphorus port , the Bus station, Ataturk Airport and Beyoglu. It is 5 minutes walk from the charming bazaars of old Istanbul - and is surrounded by restaurants, people, carpet shops and tourists.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness

Good location - Needs improvement!

This hotel is adequate. We chose it because of a sterling review we had read and we were surprised that it was not better. The rooms were very small The bathroom was very small. The shower leaked. There was not even a chair in the room. The extremely small closet only had only one hanger. The positives were that it is in a great location, right down the block from the Hagia Sophia and all the other sites. The personnel were very helpful. And it was clean. This is what I would call my bottom limit for a hotel room. It was clean and a place to sleep. It was probably a good deal for the price.
Verified

4/10 Poor

xavier

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

bof bof bof...

les chambres sont très petites, le lit pas confortable, l'hôtel est très bruyant et le personnel peu compétant: ils m'avaient dit qu'ils viendraient me chercher à l'aéroport mais m'ont oublié, ont oublié les clefs de tout l'hôtel sur la porte de ma chambre, une journée sans eau dans l'hôtel... bref je ne recommande vraiment pas cet hôtel même s'il a l'avantage d'être extrêmement bien situé et proche des principaux sites touristiques
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Cozette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

AWESOME HOTEL!!

From the moment i arrived, I was greeted warmly by reception and the owner immediately upgraded me to a double room at no extra charge! What a great start! My room was warm, clean, and comfortable, and had a lovely balcony overlooking the street. Even though the room faced the street, it is off the main drag and was always quiet at night with no disruptive traffic or street noise. Every single member of staff I encountered could not have been more hospitable, friendly, or helpful. They made me tea when I came down every morning (I always slept thru breakfast), and offered tips about sights or places to eat, etc. The water for showers was always hot, and the room kept impeccably clean..they were renovating the two lower floors when i was there, but that was only for another few days, and should be done by now. I am returning to Istanbul in April and will definitely stay here again. Loved it.
Verified

6/10 Okay

antoine

Liked: Cleanliness
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort