Blue Istanbul Suites

“A good place to stay ”

We stayed at the Blue Istanbul Suites for 3 weeks. The hotel is right next to the building we stayed at. You check-in there and then go to the other building next door, which seems to be a building where locals live as well and some of the apartments are managed by the Blue Istanbul Hotel and are r… more

We stayed at the Blue Istanbul Suites for 3 weeks. The hotel is right next to the building we stayed at. You check-in there and then go to the other building next door, which seems to be a building where locals live as well and some of the apartments are managed by the Blue Istanbul Hotel and are rented to tourists. I have to say that I didn't like the building (it was very shabby), but our apartment was good. It was clean and big enough for the two of us. The apartment had a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room with a kitchen and a balcony. It also had air conditioning in the living room and in the bedroom, which was very nice. For the price we payed and considering this is an apartment where people probably stay longer than only for a few days I would have expected a washing machine, which was not the case. There wasn't too many dishes either, but after asking at the reception they gave us a few more cups. There was no soap for the dish washer or anything provided. We bought soap, coffee, tea and sugar. We then left for a trip for one week and when we came back everything (including the soap for the dish washer was gone). Don't know what happened to it. Other than that the kitchen had an oven (so you can cook, if you want) and a fridge. The living room had a sofa and a table. I would advise the management to either clean the sofa from time to time or to get a new one. It had quite a lot of stains. The balcony is ok, you can see the sea when you stand up...it's a little annoying that the balcony has no umbrella (it gets hot in Istanbul) and hardly any railing so people from other apartments can look right onto your balcony. Not so great if you want to take a little sunbath while people are staring at you. The bathroom and the bedroom were good and the apartment was cleaned every day. The first two weeks we had very noisy neighbors. The apartment had to be the same size as ours, but it sounded like there were at least 15 people in it every day. They were loud and banging the doors during the day and at night. If you need anything you can go to the reception, which is next door and they will help you. They were very friendly while we stayed at the Blue Istanbul Suites. The location is good. The Blue Istanbul is in one of the backstreets of Sultanahmet and within walking distance to the major sights. It's a little hilly at this part of town so you'll get some exercise while walking around. ;) You walk about 7 minutes to the Hippodrome and the Cemberlitas tram station is also only a little walk away. If you are not looking for anything fancy I can recommend this hotel to you.

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