Sultanahmet Palace Hotel

Loved this place. It did not disappoint. Absolutely THE best view of the Blue Mosque from their beautiful court yard. I could have sat in the court yard all day. Excellent, attentive staff made great recommendations. Breakfast with an unbeatable water view. Great value. Utilized their private transport from airport per reviewer suggest and glad we did (worth the extra $). Bazaar just across the street was a fun bonus. Everything you want to see is very walkable from this hotel and easy to find!

This was an OUTSTANDING place to stay. Really, I can’t say enough good things about it.

First, the design/decor in the Ottoman motif is beautiful in every detail. We felt like we stepped back in time.

The service was also par excellence. Every request was met quickly and pleasantly. The front desk team was careful to make sure all our arrangements were in place and on time.

The onsite restaurant was also a big plus. A great buffet was ready for us every morning, with a pleasant view looking over the ocean.

Finally, the location directly across from the Blue Mosque was super-convenient for access to all of old town İstanbul.

Edit: it is highly advisable to accept the offer of shuttle driving to/from this hotel as arranged by the hotel staff. It is well worth the cost!

Great location, this hotel is beautiful. The gardens are peaceful and the restaurant has amazing views. Some rooms have views of the Blue Mosque and some have views of the bosphorous. The hotel is very clean and staff are very helpful. The service was amazing. I would love to come back.

I recently had a wonderful stay at the Sultan Ahmet Palace Hotel, a beautiful and fantastic hotel with a good location, and attentive staff. The rooms are spacious, clean and well-appointed with a good bathrooms.
The hotel's breakfast buffet was wonderful with many variety. In particular, I would like to commend Ayman, The Nubian Egyptian waiter Who was a welcoming, friendly & helpful. Ayman made our breakfast experience truly enjoyable

We stayed at this Magnificent and elegant place from May 5-8 2024. Hotel has historic vibes, very elegant and feels and looks like an actual palace
We had room with sea view and balcony. Somewhat small but wouldn’t complain since we stayed mostly out.

The breakfast area has beautiful view of Marmara Sea nice and breezy terrace and patio.

The staff was very welcoming and helpful.

Would highly recommend

The Sultanahmet Palace was an excellent place to base oneself to explore the Old City. The location allows you to soak in the beauty of Blue mosque throughout the day and its a view you can't tire of. They wrote to us prior to our arrival asking if they should arrange for an airport transfer and we accepted. It was a smooth process and we made it easily to the hotel in comfortable Mercedes Vito.

Rooms are spacious and clean and the beds are comfortable. The housekeeping staff were friendly and helpful and rooms were cleaned everyday and linen replaced. The only thing I'd change is the bathroom which has a weird design with the ablution bowl front and centre in the shower area and a toilet behind the door. Getting to the toilet without falling into the wet shower area is a challenge! And if you use the shower, water gets into the ablution bowl and you have to drain it using a mug/ bowl as it doesn't have a drain. But when you stay for 4 days, you get used to it!!!!

The staff are excellent. The person at the reception was very helpful and also helped recommend a guide for a day (who was good). Particular thanks to Ayman at the restaurant where we had breakfast for making our mornings pleasant. Helpful, he always put the customer in the centre of what he did. While his colleagues were not so helpful and refused to find us a place without the sun beating down on us, Ayman made it work.

Breakfast was included in the package and the buffet was decent but has loads of room for improvement. In a country like Turkey, where you get fresh orange juice in every corner, I am surprised that the hotel offers processed/ packaged orange juice, packaged plain yoghurt etc. There is a fresh counter to make hot omelettes etc but it was the worst i have had. Given this was our last stop in Turkey and we had fantastic food all around, the food here was definitely sub par. I stuck to boiled eggs as the watery scrambled eggs and omelette were not great! The service by other staff in the restaurant can improve to complement that of Ayman, who was absolutely wonderful.

Overall, we had a wonderful stay and we are grateful to the staff to have given us a memorable experience. Between the location and majority of the staff, its the place to be in Istanbul.

Ambiance: historical palace with beautiful interior architecture.

Room: great view from balcony (enough space for 2 persons). Overall small in size. Floor tiles and therefore cold (feet) in the winter. Bath small and crowded, but nice Turkish style bath.

Garden: very beautiful and spacious with lots of seating. Great view of the Bosphorus. A gem in the summer. Cute playful cats.

Restaurant: outside with access through garden. Beautiful views.

Staff: very polite, friendly, attentive and accommodating.

Laundry/ dry cleaning service available.

Location: TOP. Both Blue Mosque and Aya Sophia visible from balcony.