Location. The Hotel Spectra is located in Istanbul, Turkey, on the corner of Hippodrome ... more
Square. The Blue Mosque is 50 metres from the hotel and Saint Sophia is 200 metres from the hotel. The nearest train and metro stations are both one kilometre away...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. The Hotel Spectra is located in Istanbul, Turkey, on the corner of Hippodrome ... more
Square. The Blue Mosque is 50 metres from the hotel and Saint Sophia is 200 metres from the hotel. The nearest train and metro stations are both one kilometre away...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
This hotel is in an excellent location to explore the amazing and vibrant city of ... more
Istanbul, while also providing top of the range service and an inviting atmosphere.Hotel Spectra is a converted Ottoman House in the old city of Istanbul at the corner of...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: 3* Hotel in a 5* location Disadvantages: Noisy rooms.
This BestWestern hotel is one of about six BestWestern Hotels all in this old part of Istanbul known as Sultanahmet.
It really is in a very convenient location and the LOCATION is its greatest asset. It is a three star hotel in an area containing five star holiday attractions.
The hotel advertises its roof terrace as the sort of restaurant under the stars of everyone's dreams. I thought it was jaded and thus overrated with a distant view of the sea which was hardly on the waterfront.
The rooms are OK. I had a de-luxe room which had been reduced on-line from an advertised price of Euros 134 to Euros 75.The TV had CNN and BBC World and the bed was very comfortable. I found the decor a bit drab. A buffet breakfast on the roof was fine but the service was non-existent. Didn't really matter though - the stuff was all there, I ...
Advantages: Fascinating, historic, romantic, magical, nowhere else like it Disadvantages: Must go at the right time, can be very busy
day, many of them living in illegally built apartment blocks on the outskirts of the city (although Ankara has an even greater problem with this). It's known as the city where Europe meets Asia but that is a little confusing because what is geographically the European side is the part with the more Asian feel and the very oldest buildings such as the hippodrome, the Basilica Cistern and the Grand Bazaar. Conversely, the "Asian side" with its main shopping street Istiklal Caddesi off Taksim Square feels much more European.
Istanbul is a watery city standing on the River Bosphorous and the section of the Sea of Marmara known as the Golden Horn, which cuts through the western shore. Istanbul is a major port and the Sea of Marmara links the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Vessels bound for destinations around the world pass through ...
Advantages: None Disadvantages: Split into different buildings, expensive.
?? you guessed it back in the first building we visited. Begrudgingly we made our way back across the city, dodging ?sword sellers? on the way.
RoomsThe building itself looked ?ok? I can?t really describe it any other way, it was a square building with grey walls but on entering it was actually very well set out. Stone floors and stairs, interesting antiques and very clean so I was quite looking forward seeing the rooms. Well I was disappointed. The rooms pictured on the BestWestern website looked nothing like ours. I can only imagine that they are executive rooms and not standard ones. While ?grumpy?s? room had been recently refurbished ours looked like something from the Crossroads Motel. (Old midlands soap opera).
It was shabby! The furniture had seen better days, the walls could have done with a lick of paint and you had ...
