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Hotel in Istanbul - Sultanahmet area

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Hi all,

My husband and I are looking for a nice hotel in the Sultanahmet area for three nights. Doesn't have to be luxurious or break the bank. Looking for perhaps a Turkish boutique hotel. Clean. Quiet. Safe. Have spent hours on travel sites, Booking.com, Kayak, Expedia and the hotels that get 9.7 ratings have mostly great/good ratings but the bad ratings are REALLY bad...makes me think they are for a completely different hotel than the one I am reading about. This makes me nervous.

I hate to book a hotel only to get there and be the minority person getting the horrible experience. Have never traveled to Turkey before so feeling very much in the dark.

Anyone been to a hotel recently that can recommend?
Many thanks!
Maggie T

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In 2019 we stayed at The Million Stone Hotel which we loved, but probably not for everyone. It was a great location and had a good breakfast. This suited our needs, as being so central, we could return anytime we wanted for a rest. It was €58 a night with no view. Our window opened to another building, but it kept our room cool and we could still hear the calls to prayer. The staff was great.

This location was around the corner from the Basilica Cistern and a block from Hagia Sofia.

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There is an excellent tram system. I have stayed in three hotels in Istanbul. The first two were the Nippon Hotel and the Point Hotel Taksim. Both were located at Taksim square and required taking the furnicular down to the tram and then the tram to the Major sites. It was easy to walk to the Mehter Band Concert from that location and I really enjoyed that concert. Nippon Hotel was located next door to Point Hotel Taksim and was actually less expensive and provided a fruit bowl in the room.

The third hotel was located near the ferry port and spice market, also easy to get on the tram. It was the Legacy Ottoman Hotel and by far the fancier. The hotel itself is beautiful. Yummy Istanbul's "Taste of Two Continents" food tour meets just out front so that is fairly convenient.

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