Green Garden Hotel

“Solo Female Traveler, felt 100% Safe in Istanbul Hotel”

I arrived at this hotel late at night.I arrived at the new Istanbul Airport and needed a ride, so they offered to give me a ride for a certain amount of Euros ( I cant remember the exact price). They picked me up from the airport in a really decked out VIP Van—I could select my own music via YouTub… more

I arrived at this hotel late at night.I arrived at the new Istanbul Airport and needed a ride, so they offered to give me a ride for a certain amount of Euros ( I cant remember the exact price). They picked me up from the airport in a really decked out VIP Van—I could select my own music via YouTube and have a party in the back of the van by myself. The van was spectacular, worth every Euro, I think I paid around 50 Euros for the pickup from the airport. The van got me to the hotel safely,sometime after 10:30pm because I arrived at the airport late. I checked in at the hotel (there is a true check-in counter). I was given the wi-fi password and shown the elevator and my room. I was in Room 201 , which was really tiny, compared to what I am used to. I am sure the hotel has different sized rooms- you can probably select the type of room you want. Everyone has different expectations about what they expect from hotel rooms. My room was really small, but at least now I know. You get what you pay for. In my room, there was a bed, a TV, and then there was the bathroom with a stand up shower. There is also air conditioning. My room faced the street, which I enjoyed. You are given a real key, I was in room 201. You know what is so funny?the key is on a clear plastic square chain, so sometimes it is hard to find the key when you are in your room because it is on a transparent key chain 😊 😊 The room was quiet, I never heard much noise from the street. This hotel is literally in the middle of a city center, which I think is great. When you stay here you do not need a car.You can walk to the money exchange center, you can walk to different kebab places, you can eat seafood on the street, you can walk to the metro and bus stations, etc etc. It is a very central location, to be honest. When I arrived I was very hungry and it was late. But I walked out on the main street, walked 2 minutes, found an open restaurant and ate, by myself. I did not feel scared. I felt 100% safe. When I needed to go into Istanbul to see all the attractions like the Hagia Sophia mosque, Galata tower, and Katakoy and more, the front desk receptionist gave me EXACT directions for how to catch the train and the tram. I am horrible with using public transportation, plus I was by myself, but this guy’s instructions were SO GOOD, I did not get lost ( remember, when you are walking to the Metro station, go up the stairs, and then make a left to get on the TRAIN..do not make a right and go down that ramp). After I went out and enjoyed the day, I returned to the hotel area and walked around the area, down many streets, for about an hour, by myself, and felt completely safe. The sun did not go down until like 9:30 pm, so even at 9pm, the sun is still up and there is still daylight. When it was time to leave the hotel, the hotel arranged a taxicab for me. The airport is about 30-40 minutes away from the hotel.I paid the cab driver 400 Liras. If I stay at this hotel again, perhaps I will learn how to take the train from the airport. The hotel was not expensive, it was very affordable. I now know how to use the public transportation system in Istanbul, and I know how to navigate different areas by foot. As a single woman, I felt 100% safe in this hotel, I felt safe walking the streets at night ( but like in any town in the world, do not be an idiot.Do not go walking at 2:00 am-- that is silly to do in any town in the world!!) , and was happy that there was always someone at the front desk, this is important when you are staying alone in a major city. I would definitely stay here again.

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“Great hotel and easy location”

Hotel it self was very clean, quite rooms, comfy beds, brilliant staff members special thanks to Mr. Nasir for his service and company. Hotel location is great, all access to great and good quality food, public transport, shopping. i would recommend this hotel.

“Still good despite not being close to the new IST airport.”

IMPORTANT: since April 6th 2019, all scheduled commercial passenger flights were transferred from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to the new Istanbul Airport, following the closure of Istanbul Atatürk Airport for scheduled passenger flights. Please note as well that the IATA airport code IST was also tran… more

IMPORTANT: since April 6th 2019, all scheduled commercial passenger flights were transferred from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to the new Istanbul Airport, following the closure of Istanbul Atatürk Airport for scheduled passenger flights. Please note as well that the IATA airport code IST was also transferred to the new airport. This means that this hotel is no longer close to the airport for passenger flights. In other words; if you are planning to land in IST, you won't land in Atatürk Airport, but in the new airport, which is 40 Km away from this hotel. How to get from the new IST airport to the hotel: You can either take a taxi or the so-called IST-4 bus, which departs from Floor -2 from the airport terminal. If you take the bus, it costs 18 Turkish Lira (one way), and you have to get off at the second stop (Şirinevler). Once here, it is less than a 10 minutes walk to the hotel. We liked the hotel and the room, which was pleasant, comfortable, modern, quiet and well-equipped (see attached picture). It was also very clean and there even was a kettle, coffee, tea-bags and bottled water. The hotel staff was nice and professional, while the breakfast-buffet was ok, but not as good as in other hotels in Istanbul (it still had some hot options though, like french fries, a kind of small "chicken-spring-rolls" and boiled eggs). In regards to the location, there are many dining options around, exchange offices with better exchange rates than in the airport, while It is also less than 10 minutes away from the Ataköy-Şirinevler Metro Station, from where it still takes 45 minutes (metro + tram) to get to Sultanahmet and the central parts of the city.

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“Not that good”

Located in sirinevler in istanbul, in a busy area, they gave us a room in the last floor. In the attic. Although the room was small, the AC was not sufficient. Charged 350 for a 3 person room with no breakfast and said that the breakfast will be a breakfast plate and will charge 50 TL each . Altho… more

Located in sirinevler in istanbul, in a busy area, they gave us a room in the last floor. In the attic. Although the room was small, the AC was not sufficient. Charged 350 for a 3 person room with no breakfast and said that the breakfast will be a breakfast plate and will charge 50 TL each . Although they offered to change our room to a bigger one the next day but we refused since we were eager to leave the hotel after the uncomfortable night sleep

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