It was great experience staying at Spinel Hotel. You can walk to all historical places like Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace. We had a problem with plumbers and informed the staff and they fixed it quickly!
They were from March 12 to March 18, 2025. The hotel is small, with steep stairs leading up. Breakfast on the roof terrace. Floor 4, like, or 5. But the ladder is spiral, you don't really feel how high you're going up. View from the terrace to the sea. Breakfast is normal. Omelets, sausages, sandwiches, various spreads, coffee, tea, juice. There were no sweets, only sweet spreads. The cupcake was sweet. Sausage, cheeses. Vegetables, olives. Also cereal with milk. The staff is normal. The room was cleaned. Tea was available for free at the reception. It was possible to pay either in euros or in lira. The room is small, but fine. A wardrobe, a mirror, a bedside table, a small TV (I didn't turn it on), and the air conditioner could be turned on for heat. The batteries are there, the heating was turned on. It was dirty under the bed, but the room was clean. The door was closed in a simple way, not on the map. By location: 12 min walk from the tram. It's a bit hard going uphill, of course. It would be better to stop next to the tram. It's more convenient than taking the subway. The subway that is near this hotel does not go anywhere at all. The nearest metro station, which can take you both to the airport and to all the sights, is an 18-minute walk away. The hotel is located next to Hagia Sophia. But it takes 1 day to view this area, the rest of the days to walk to the tram or metro. It was hard to get from the airport on your own. Especially this slide that waits after getting off the tram. It's very cool. It's generally fine. I chose this hotel because I thought the subway was nearby and it was a thrill. And then the subway, as I wrote above, does not go anywhere in the sights at all. And we have visited a lot of areas and more than once the navigator has not built a path through this subway. But it's budget friendly, and it also includes breakfast. We paid 21,000 rubles for 6 nights.
A cool hotel with an interesting terrace where breakfast is served - with a great view of the Bosphorus! We saw dolphins having breakfast 🙂
The breakfasts are normal. The rooms are good. The specifics of the old city and old buildings imply steep stairs, but this is the flavor For which they actually go to the old city area of Istanbul!
The prices are adequate and you can always negotiate 🙂
You need to know how to book 🙂