ARMADA ISTANBUL OLD CITY HOTEL

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.

The hotel is located close to the Sultanahmet area. The main attractions of the city are within walking distance or a short taxi ride away. They have a great spread for breakfast with local cuisine. The terrace is great for the views of the sea and the mosques. The wi-fi in the room wasn't working too well. Not sure if this was just our room. We had to come down to the lobby area each time for good net connectivity. Our check-in was messed up which seemed to be the case with other guests too on that day.

I have stayed for 3 nights ,, hotel was good however the picture not like the real ... the rooms much smaller than the pictures.. I didn't experience every thing as were spending the hole day out the hotel Terrace is amazing the view is awesome side looking on sultanahmet and the other side looking on the sea Breakfast is good not big variety but overall was good .

We stayed at this hotel for 4 nights in August as part of a wedding party, with the wedding dinner hotel held on the roof of the hotel. This is a very popular hotel for locals and travellers from within turkey along with budget travellers from Arab countries. The predominant language of the staff is Turkish and communication may be a problem for English speakers over the room phone, but face to face it isn't much of a challenge. Located in the sultanahmet area, it is ideal for tourists who want to be near and around the major tourist spots in istanbul without having to worry about traffic. However, sultanahmet is the original golden horn area and is conservative in terms of local population as well as dated in terms of infrastructure. Hotels here are mostly basic, where even the four seasons on this side of the bosphorus doesn't have a pool. But This is the kind of hotel where they let you eat your breakfast in the morning before casually asking some of you whether you are guests at the hotel just to make sure they don't need to bill you. Great breakfast on the roof with a view of the blue mosque, comfortable air conditioned basic room. Friendly waiter staff and housekeeping, counter staff was quite inflexible but that was expected because the hotel was completely full. We were in a standard room and our view wasn't great and there wasn't too much privacy using the bathroom that was separated from the room with a thin frosted glass partition. But the price was 55 dollars a night, for which it was fantastic. The restaurant is pricey when compared to the hotel and does not hold a candle to other better restaurants a short walk away.