Apricot Hotel

I only stayed two nights but it was a fantastic place – very clean and well furnished. My room was excellent and the shower and toilet were spotless. The owners will arrange transportation to and from the airport for a reasonable fee – free if you stay more than three days. Beer and soda is available for consumption on the roof-top patio – again at reasonable prices. The tourist and dining information that they gave me was top notch.

Unique Quality: Apricot Hotel is within walking distance of all the major sites, including: Sultahamet and the Topkapi Palace. If one does not feel like wearing down his or her shoe leather, the tram stop is close by.

Directions: Just beneath the Blue Mosque.

Unique Quality: Less than one year old, accommodations are still fresh: beds are comfortable, pillows are thick and fluffy, and the plumbing works like a charm, cranking out scalding water in a heartbeat. Also, windows are double glazed. The hotel also offers like book exchange, daily newspaper delivery, weekly roof-barbecues and fragrant spurts of air freshener. The hotel receives a number of walk-ins (somehow always groomed), so book early; rooms won’t stay vacant for long....