Hotel Sebnem Istanbul
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1 Adliye Sokak 52154, Sultanahmet Istanbul, Turkey, 34400, 90-212-5176623
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Hello from Istanbul! We arrıved last nıght and were drıven to our hotel by our hotel drıver, arrıvıng about 1 AM. Our hotel ıs very close to the Sea of Marmara and we can see the sea, the walls of Topkapı Palace, and a lıghthouse from our geranıum-decked wındow. The room ıs sımple, but clean, and has a new bathroom wıth a tıny shower! Best of all, ıt has great aır-condıtıonıng. It ıs warm--ın the mıd-80s--I am not sufferıng, but Portland gırl Romy ıs havıng a lıttle more dıscomfort. Today we ...
Istanbul, Turkey ddanska
Sorry that we have not written ın two days. We have been very busy. I see that I stıll have not mastered the Turkish keyboard, but I am learning. Yesterday, we saw beautiful mosaics at the Chora Church near the city walls. Then we shopped at the Spice Bazaar and had lunch nearby. After lunch, I tripped coming out of the bathroom and went sprawling face first onto the hard marble floor,slidıng as I went. Hello, Istanbul! I am O.K. Just a bruised arm and ego. Then, we went to the Suleıman Mosqu...
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Istanbul, Day 1. Day 31 4/6/09 Istanbul, Turkey WE MADE IT!!! We have made it out of some of the most dangerous countries in the world. Today we woke up in Amman and made our way to the airport, there was heavy security there because the Pope was flying in, in a couple of days. Its was only a 2 hour flight to Istanbul and nothing happened, but when we got off the plane we had to go through a inferred scanner to detect if we had swine flu or a fever of some type of fever. We got picked up and ...
Istanbul, Turkey grossmanjh
The Sultan's Palace and a trip up the Bosphorus to the Black Sea. Day 33 4/8/09 Istanbul, Turkey Its such a beautiful day today we are going to go on a boat down the Bosporus. But first we are going to go to the Topkaki Palace. Topkaki Palace is where the Sultan lived. We saw the famous Topkaki Dagger that had 3 emeralds in the handle and the sheath had diamonds in it all over it. Also there was a 86-carat diamond in the building it was insane, the size of it was probably the size of my fist....
Istanbul, Turkey grossmanjh
Istandbul: Mellow day, guys and girls go their separate ways for the day; one more time at Taksim Square. Day 34 4/9/09 Istanbul, Turkey Second to last day in Istanbul, the clock is running and we are all about to kill each other. We are going to the Islamic art museum today. The museum is all about art and civilizations of Islam and Turkey. We go through it fast because we don't have the patience for it. In the museum there are remakes of Kurdish civilizations and how they made rugs. After t...
Istanbul, Turkey grossmanjh
Last day ... Day 35 4/10/09 Istanbul, Turkey Last day of the trip!!!! I do not know what I am going to do, I don't think I can sit a desk for hours on end I can barely do my bogging. Well anyway its mothers day so Isaac and me go and get my mom a cappuccino and give her a card. She likes it but is stressed out for the plane rides we have tomorrow. We go to the Archeological museum, there's a lot of stuff about the Byzantine Empire. Everything is pottery shards though. One interesting thing is...
Istanbul, Turkey grossmanjhHistorical Traveler Reviews of Hotel Sebnem Istanbul
Great spot in Istanbul
The front desk staff was really terrific, friendly, and helpful. Room was simple, but well done. Rooftop breakfast was great, with a view.
Very easy 5 minute walk to the Blue Mosk, Palace, Hippodrome etc, but off on a quiet side street.
We keep going back!
a) the staff - really friendly and go out of their way to help. We look forward to seeing them again each time we visit.
b) the terrace - It's got a wonderful view of the bosphorus and the Marmara sea and it's wonderful to have your breakfast up there in summer and now in winter too as they've renovated it. Also an amazing place to end the day with a glass of wine.
c) location, while it's off a lively street it's a lovely quiet place and close to all the tourist attractions. It's also near enough to transport to other parts of Istanbul that even now when we've done the 'tourist' stuff, we still stay here.
d) comfort - The rooms are simple and clean with four poster beds, a desk, a wardrobe and the all important air conditioning. Nice dark wooden furniture to match the floorboards and Turkish fabrics make the rooms cosy and welcoming.
If I had to find a fault with the place I would say that it's not a good place to stay for people with mobility problems. While there are rooms on the ground floor there are still a couple of steps to get to them and also it's three (sometimes slightly steep) flights to the terrace. But this is similar in other small hotels in the area.
The Sebnem is a lovely place that just keeps improving. See you guys next year!
A Great Stay at Sebnem
By September I could not Stay away any longer and returned to Turkey, once again spending alot of my time at Sebnem. The staff were so friendly and accomodating, they had done alot of work to the place and it really was looking fantastic, you wouldnt find a more comfortable place to stay in Istanbul. The food was excellent and the social comfortable invironment, second to none. I would fully recommend to anyone wanting a safe, fun, educational time in Istanbul, to stay with two of the nicest men ive met, Tahir, and Umut, at the Sebnem hotel.
Hotel Sebnem - welcoming and peaceful
The hotel is in the old city of Istanbul, a few minutes walk from the Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sophia and all the other delights of the old city.
There could not be many relatively quiet areas in the old city but Hotel Sebnem is in one of them. The hotel is a comfortable facility with a great roof top for a quiet afternoon drink with wonderul views over the Marmara Sea. It is also used for the sumptuous breakfasts, western and Turkish. We stayed there on 2 occasions, both rooms used had private facilities. The hotel is clean and tidy with a favourable Turkish influence.
The staff at Hotel Sebnem we found to be very friendly and accommodating. Don't worry about lugging your luggage up stairs, the staff are only to willing to oblige.
We has 5 days touring to Gallipoli and Ephuses. Rather than carry all our gear, including golf clubs (no golf to speak of in Istanbul!), we were welcome to leave our excess luggage at the hotel, no charge.
Those remembering the movie, Midnight Express, would be interested to know that the infamous prison is now a 5 staf hotel and minutes walk from the hotel. Also, there are plenty of good restaurants and bars in the immediate area. The restaurant that my wife and I particularly liked was the Magnuaura, just around the corner from the hotel.
Other sights worth seeing include the Spice Bazaar (wonderul smells and beautiful colours) and the mosaic museum. all within a very short walk of the hotel.
Ici tu fais des amis
loin du bruit de la ville, tout en étant au centre.
bonne relation prix/valeur.
acceuil très chaleureux. chambres propres. belle terrasse où le petit déjeuner caresse la journée avec une superbe vue sur le bosphore.
moi j'y retourne chaque année depuis huit ans.
gianni/suisse
A wonderful week at the Briliant Sebnem Hotel!
Category:
Sebnem Hotel is a small and cosy budget hotel with about 15 rooms.
Location:
Sebnem Hotel is located in Sultan Ahmet, the old historic part of Istanbul. This is a very convenient location for many famous sights like The Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya as they're just a few minutes walk away!
Rooms:
The rooms we had were clean and well-appointed for a hotel of this category, each with it's own bathroom with shower and hot water.
Service:
Now this is where Sebnem Hotel really excelled in my experience! All the way from the booking process until we all checked out, the guys at Sebnem Hotel were truly helpful and genuinly friendly. One of the guys working there even showed us around Istanbul, took us to a traditional turkish bath, and helped us organize a bus trip. Hospitality with capital H!
Other:
I've got to mention the roof-top terrace! The buffet breakfast was served there with wonderful views of the Bosphorus Strait, and you could see over to the Asian side of Istanbul. Together with great service this was my favourite thing about Sebnem Hotel!
A clean, charming home-away-from home in Istanbul
I had a completely different experience with Sebnem.
It was early July, and my boyfriend and I had arrived in Istanbul early in the morning without hotel reservations. Being adventurous souls, we took a taxi to a neighborhood recommended to us as being lively and very centrally located to many tourist attractions. Fate had us get out at the corner where Sebnem is located.
A young guy approached, said good morning, and asked if we were looking for a hotel...we said yes...he pointed to the entrance of Sebnem, invited us in for coffee and to check out the hotel, and we did....and we wound up staying there for a week!
Sebnem's a wonderful "find" in the elegantly friendly neighborhood of Sultanhamet...very reasonably priced, clean, cozily furnished, with a more relaxed "boutiquey" feel than a larger hotel. The staff was friendly, courteous, and went out of their way to recommend sites, restaurants, excursions out of town. One of the best views, though, is from the terrace where they serve breakfast (and where you can sit in the evening and watch sunset over the Marmara...talk about beautiful!)..
When we had to catch our plane home, it was like leaving family. Would I stay there again? In a heartbeat!
Friendly, tucked-away spot
Get it in Writing (and double check the paper)
Be Very Careful
Stayed in Istanbul this July.
My wife and I realized after a few days that we had outgrown the hostel scene and went looking for a mid-range hotel.
This hotel's proprieter (Umut) showed us a room that was spare but well appointed.
Four poster bed, private bathroom, incl. cont. breakfast.
They quoted us 45 New Turkish Lira.
We asked them to write it for us because it was such a good deal, They did while talking to us and folded the piece of paper as it was handed over.
On the day of checkout, they laughed when we handed them the 180 YTL for our four days and forced us to pay as they said they had quoted Euros. (About 4x more money)
I dug out the piece of paper and they had indeed written 45, but instead of YTL they had written the Euro symbol and the TL.
As with the rest of that beautiful city, Buyer Beware!
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