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Istanbul Holiday Hotel

Hotel with free breakfast, steps from Sultanahmet Square

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Istanbul Holiday Hotel offers easy access to the city's famous sights. Enjoy a breakfast buffet, on-site car rentals, dry cleaning, and free in-room WiFi. After sightseeing, relax at the hotel's restaurant or bar.

Reviews

7.2 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Laundry

Room options

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Tomorrow

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Suite | Frette Italian sheets, pillowtop beds, minibar, individually furnished

Suite

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
Free cribs/infant beds
Refrigerator
Pillowtop bed
Frette Italian linens
  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 4

Single Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
Free cribs/infant beds
Refrigerator
Pillowtop bed
Frette Italian linens
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 1

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Double Room | Frette Italian sheets, pillowtop beds, minibar, individually furnished

Double Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Fireplace
Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
Free cribs/infant beds
Refrigerator
Pillowtop bed
Frette Italian linens
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2

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About the neighborhood

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Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi No:28, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Istanbul, 34122

What's nearby

  • Sultanahmet Square - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Blue Mosque - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Hagia Sophia - 8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Grand Bazaar - 12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Topkapi Palace - 18 min walk - 1.0 mile

Getting around

  • Sultanahmet Station - 8 min walk
  • Istanbul Cankurtaran Station - 9 min walk
  • Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Intl. Airport (SAW) - 62 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Tamara Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Dervish Cafe & Restaurant - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Marbella Cafe Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Şerbethane - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Sunrise Pub Restaurant - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Istanbul Holiday Hotel

Hotel near Sultanahmet Square
A short walk from Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Holiday Hotel provides a free breakfast buffet, dry cleaning/laundry services, and car rentals on site. In addition to a bar and a restaurant, guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
Other perks include:
  • Free self parking
  • A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), an elevator, and a TV in the lobby
  • Tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and a front-desk safe
Room features
All guestrooms are individually furnished, and include comforts such as 24-hour room service and fireplaces, as well as perks like free WiFi and air conditioning.
Extra amenities include:
  • Frette Italian sheets, pillowtop mattresses, and free cribs/infant beds
  • Detached private bathrooms with rainfall showers and hair dryers
  • Refrigerators, satellite channels, and daily housekeeping

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge) at scheduled times
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room crib
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • Elevator

More

  • 1 building
  • 4 floors
  • Built in 1995

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Free crib
  • Frette Italian sheets
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Detached private bathroom
  • Hair dryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Fireplace
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: noon

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Free cribs are available on request at the property

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 major credit cards

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Holiday Hotel Istanbul
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Hotel Istanbul Holiday
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Frequently asked questions

How much is parking at Istanbul Holiday Hotel?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Istanbul Holiday Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: noon.

What time is check-out at Istanbul Holiday Hotel?

Check-out is at noon.

Does Istanbul Holiday Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs at scheduled times. A per vehicle, roundtrip fee applies.

Where is Istanbul Holiday Hotel located?

Located in Sultanahmet, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Sultanahmet Square and Blue Mosque. Hagia Sophia and Bosphorus are also within 10 minutes. Sultanahmet Station is 8 minutes by foot and Cemberlitas Station is 10 minutes.

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Istanbul Holiday Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 4 out of 28 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 28 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 28 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Виктория, Москва

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Нормальный отель

Неплохой отель. Правда сейчас он называется Sarnic West Hotel, т.к. сменился владелец и соответственно название. А Hotels.com об этом совершенно не в курсе. Есть свои недостатки: плохой слив воды в душе, сломанная дверца шкафчика в ванной. Но это мелочи. персонал доброжелательный, неплохо говорят по русски. Завтрак хороший. расположение отличное. Видела, что в отеле есть номера с маленькими окошками выходящими в коридор. Наверное если бы нам достался такой номер, то отзыв был бы не таким положительным.

6/10 Okay

brendan, okaihau

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Broken toilet no outside window.

8/10 Good

keresh, toulouse

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

agréable séjour

à deux pas des principaux lieux historiques, équipe sympathique et très serviable, chambre correcte et super rapport q/p . Petit bémol le ménage est un peu bâclé.

2/10 Terrible

joe, hawaii

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a $300 pearl necklace missing from our room. When we returned home and checked our credit card they charged $400 more than our final bill was. They were suppose to pick us up at the airport. After traveling for 26 hours I spent 30 minutes before I found out they forgot to pick us up. Toilet seat had about 20% missing. It's a good thing I had a roll of electrical tape to hold the shower head up.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Cheap, great position and ...... nothing else!

Ottima posizione, proprio dietro la moschea blu, colazione a buffet pessima e povera, la stanza dove siamo stati noi, non c'era neanche posto x le valigie e con luci non funzionanti nel bagno (abbiamo usato la luce del cellulare!!) Servizio di shuttle piu costoso del taxi!!!!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Reasonable hotel

Room is clean, but little hot and noisy at night. Staff are friendly and kind.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

x

Friendly and helpful. Unfortunately not all rooms are large enough for two people and suitcases. Maybe not so good for a longer stay.

8/10 Good

Limberg, Jalisco, México

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Pequeño pero cómodo y bien ubicado

En las fotos las habitaciones se ven grandes pero realmente son muy pequeñas. Sin embargo, la habitación es cómoda para máximo 2 personas y cumple con el objetivo de solo llegar a dormir. Cuenta con un minibar, cama matrimonial, TV, Baño con agua caliente y aire acondicionado. El hotel esta a unas cuantas cuadras de la Plaza Sultán Ahmet, donde esta la Mezquita Azul y la Mezquita de Santa Sofía, se puede llegar caminando sin mayor problema. De igual manera se encuentra relativamente cerca el Gran Bazar, solo tienen que caminar unos 25 o 30 mins desde el hotel.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Ideal location.

Adequate for an overnight stay.

4/10 Poor

David, Houston

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

It's OK if you just need a place to crash.

I only stayed here for one night on a stop over to head to central turkey. The location is good. About a five minute walk to blue mosque through a nice little bazaar. I've traveled extensively and have stayed at some bad places and don't consider myself picky by any means, so I believe this review to be fair. The room was smaller than my walk in closet at home. The hotel is very dark inside and in a severe need of some remodeling. The bathroom looked a little dirty and barely enough room to move around. The photos on line are fooling. I didn't pay a lot of money, I think maybe 40 bucks to stay here, so you get what you pay for. I essentially was there just to crash an spent very little time there. So if your are traveling on the cheap, don't mind the conditions and don't intend to spend time in your room except to shower and sleep, it's OK, but I can't say I would go back.

6/10 Okay

Karina

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

great location

Hotel is clean, comfortable bed, with a small fridge but very small space in the room. It is located near to Blue Mosque in a very safe area. Breakfast was included, and it was good. However, when I checked out, they charged me extra for juices in breakfast.

6/10 Okay

Gerd, München

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Fußweg zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten war genial

Das Zimmer war klein und eng aber sauber. Das Bad roch muffig und die Armaturen waren locker. Man kommt zu Fuß zu den historischen Sehenswürdigkeit wie Hagia Sophia usw. was uns sehr gefallen hat. Das Personal war hilfreich. Breakfast war okey..

8/10 Good

Rouk, Lyon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Trés bien situé

l'hotel était bien situé,à 3mins de marche.L'hôtel dans l ensemble était propre.le ménage de la chambre est fait tous les jours,le personnel est agréable et serviable rien à redire!les seuls inconvénients se sont la chambre et le petit déjeuner:la chambre est trés petite(mais pour notre cas cela n'était important puisque l on rentrait uniquement la nuit)petit déjeuner n est pas assez varié(cela est bien dommage.)

10/10 Excellent

Theresa, Australia

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

I will stay here again

The hotel provided all the essentials that I needed within a good price and good location.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Ömer

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

Tolle Übernachtungsmöglichkeit

Das Hotel liegt an guter Lage. Das Servicepersonal ist top! Sehr freundlich! So macht übernachten Spass. Jedoch sind die Zimmer etwas klein geraten. Für einen Kurzurlaub reicht es aber vollkommen.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Godt, billigt hotel tæt på alle seværdigheder.

Fantastisk by, og venlige indbyggere.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Excellent for the price

Small room, only twice the size of the bed but had everything you needed, working AC and TV. Bathroom well stocked and clean, breakfast OK too.

6/10 Okay

Eliseo Ferrante, Leuven, Belgium

Liked: Cleanliness

Pleasant stay, few things could improve :-)

I will summarize my experience in few plus and minuses: + Clean room, sheets and towels changed daily etc + Good location, if you want to stay in the most turistic area of Istanbul: Sultanahmet (it's also one of the safest as far as I understood, but be aware of taxis, they cheat a lot. Google "taxi istanbul cheat" and read, or what is written there will happen to you as it happened to me :-) + Friendly staff that did speak English (two of them at least, at least one was always available) - Small rooms (like everywhere in Sultanahmet for this class of hotel I suppose) - Slightly broken toilet cover - I want to complain about a small episode involving the staff :-) I kindly asked them to recharge 20 TL on my avea (turkish cellphone account) number, me providing the money or the credit card of course, since I coudn't understand anything in the Turkish website. The guy refused to help me and gave me as a reason the fact that he uses Turkcell and not Avea. What silly reason can this ever be?

8/10 Good

spark

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

great location..

konum son derece güzel..

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
For the price paid (less than half of rack rate) room was a great bargain. Nice staff, great location, well-appointed room if a bit on the small side. Only problem was woke up early from people banginng around in a neighboring room. Other than that a nice hotel for the money.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
The rooms are small, no place for clothes, bathroom very small.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

nice little hotel

The best part of the hotel is the reception, the gentleman in the front desk is very polite and very helpful, The room is small but if you want a clean place and just to sleep, its good ! The only thing i did not like at all was the breakfast, very poor ! better to plan your meal out !

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Istanbul holiday hotel

L'hotel est très bien situe a proximité de tout les points forts d'istanbul. Juste un petit souci le petit déjeuner pas bon du tout ainsi que les chambres, elles sont bruyantes.

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