ARMADA ISTANBUL OLD CITY HOTEL

Nice hotel, easy taxi ride to Ataturk Airport. Staff were friendly. The rooftop offered lovely views of the mosque and sea. Room was big, clean and tidy. It's a little walk to get to the main areas, but it's not very far at all.

The Armada Hotel rooms are decorated in the Ottoman style, are not large but have all required amenities and are CLEAN!! Hotel is a short walk from the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and so on. Ample restaurants in the area. Breakfast is on the 3rd floor with a nice waterview and the Blue Mosque.

We stayed in the hotel for 4 nights and found the location was great with walkin distance to the main attractions in Istanbul. The hotel was not as good as the photos which show on the website. Just a place to sleep nothing you will impress by the facitlies as well as the service. The staff in the front office are just answer your questions with the shortest possible sentences and the breakfast waiter don't even talk or engaged with the guest just clear tables and replenished the buffet. The breakfast buffet offers the very basic food and it's same everyday. Overall, you pay the room to sleep and that s it. It also quite noisy as the hotel is on the roadside which there are few restaurants play loudly music until 12midnight and you can hear all cars pass by every time in the earliy morning which wakes you up before your alarm everyday. Overall it's a hotel which provides you with your basic needs,shower and sleep. I will said it's 2 or 3 stars and I will try to stay in those private own / family hotel if I come to Istanbul again in the future as I m sure they more willing to help or provide travel advice for the city.

This is a traditional hotel. It has a great restaurant on the roof which has views of the river and of the Blue Mosque. You are walking distance to the old city and are so central. Our room was large and very comfortable. The breakfast was fabulous. This is not a four seasons but if you want a great quality and local feel this is your choice.

For the price you get a clean room, cleaned daily with amazing location. Check in was easy as well as check out. The staff at the front desk could smile more. The breakfast is alright, beautiful views from the terrace, on one side the river, the other Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. Just watch out for the overly eager seagulls. The variety at the breakfast was lacking, but considering the price was adequate. 10min walk to the blue mosque.