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Tripadvisor Traveller RatingBased on 1705 Reviews
Traveller ReviewsRanked #283 of 3,743 hotels in Istanbul
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Rosamond S said...
Lovely Hotel in great position
Travelled on 11/2025
Lovely Hotel in great position to see the sights in the old town of Istanbul. The view from the room was beautiful and all staff very helpful and friendly. Breakfast on the rooftop terrance was very good. The train station was a 2 minute walk away which meant getting around the city was easy. Would return...
R K said...
Great place to stay to explore Istanbul
Travelled on 03/2025
Lovely hotel, have stayed twice and would return- nice, clean rooms, good location, excellent included breakfast with a lovely terrace- just beware of the enormous seagulls in the summer and don't leave your food unattended....
Natasha W said...
Beautiful hotel, kind staff, but sick turtles and birds on display in lobby & restaurant
Travelled on 03/2025
This was a beautiful hotel with a breathtaking rooftop view of the Blue Mosque; clean, spacious, nicely decorated rooms; and friendly staff! I enjoyed my stay for the most part, however there was one thing that made the stay extremely unpleasant. There's a fountain in the lobby where several aquatic turtles are kept, and all of them were sick due to improper husbandry (no UV lights or heat, no exposure to sunlight, l...
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gocats89 said...
Incredible value for the Turkish Airline free stopover! Stay here even if you need to pay.
Travelled on 09/2025
My wife and I were assigned to the Armada Hotel for two nights as part of the TK free stopover program. We visited Istanbul over 2 decades ago.
I'd recommend staying at the Armada as an option, even if you have to pay on your own. We stayed in a separate building away from the main hotel building (rooms begin with 5), where there are 8 units on 3 floors. It's about 200m from the main building on cobblestone streets...
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Anita37 said...
Decent location - Just don't be in certain rooms when they have a wedding on!
Travelled on 09/2025
Stayed for 4 nights as part of a tour group. First the good. The hotel is well located and is in the main clean and our room was a good size , well furnished and equipped. (Though of course the safe was not working - This seems to happen so often in hotels we don't bother trying to get them fixed nowadays) The public areas are decent and the roof terrace is excellent. The hotel seems to employ plenty of staff. The no...
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