Hotel Sapphire
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Istanbul, Nice city, but cold and wet
28/12/2010
The 2 hour flight north from Cairo to Istanbul certainly brought a change in the weather. We went from 26 degrees to 6 degrees, plus some rain. Today we wandered around the old city of Istanbul including the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar. Some far we are both enjoying the old city. Many cobble stoned roads with very limited car …
Arrived to find a holiday atmosphere in town
And we staggered off the plane in Paris, bleary eyed, at 6:30 am. It was pitch black outside, and the airport was nearly empty. It felt like we had walked into an alternate reality. By 9:30, the sky was beginning to lighten, and the coffee business picked up. The flight to Istanbul was full of shared travel stories with my seat mates , and the time …
Cairo to Istanbul, plus beer research
Today we leave Cairo airport on Turkish Airlines to fly to Istanbul. We survived four different security checks to get on the airplane. It was a reminder that Egypt is under emergency law and has been for a few decades, police are everywhere, automatic guns at the ready, bullet proof shields for their protection, anti-tank barricades available to …
Walking tours and sore feet
Well this is our first full day in Istanbul and I must report I have yet to see a flying magic carpet, fez or any spies, most disappointing. We began our day by deciding to do a walking tour outlined in Rick Steves' Turkish guidebook. We had a problem finding the beginning of the walk; we managed to navigate in the opposite direction. However in …
Sailing, sailing
To save our sore feet and let the world pass us by, we decided to do the Bosphorus Cruise 'Tour'. Although it is called a tour, it is really the public ferry that goes up the strait to a small fishing village and returns after about three hours. The Bosphorus Strait serves as a main highway in Istanbul. This body of water connects the Black Sea …
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Sapphire Hotel - eine gute Wahl
Das Hotel hat eine gute Lage (in der Nähe der Aya Sophia, Blaue Moschee, Ägyptischer Basar - können alle innerhalb von 10 Minuten zu Fuß erreicht werden). Die Angestellten sind sehr freundlich. (z.B. Herr Harun). Das Essen ist toll.
Die Zimmer sind sauber und gut ausgestattet. Es ist eine gute Wahl, wenn man Ausschau nach einem Hotel mit gutem Preis- Leistungsverhältnis hält.
Sapphire Hotel - a good choice
The hotel is very well situated (close to Aya Sophia,Blue Mosque, Egiptean Bazar - 10 minutes to each of them). The staff is very friendly (mr. Harun is a very good example), the food is good.
The rooms are clean and well-equipped. It's a good choice if you want a very good value(services) for the money you pay.
Cerca de todo
Estuve en este hotel en Mayo de 2007. La situacion es inmejorable, cerca de la Mezquita Azul, la cisterna, Santa Sofia, el palacio de Topkapi. En la calle perpendicular hay una parada de tranvia para ir a la zona de la Torre Galata o la plaza Taksin;a los bazares se puede ir caminando desde alli asi como a la zona donde se cogen los barcos para hacer un crucero por el bosforo.
Tolle Lage
Dieses Hotel liegt wie viele andere auch, inmitten der touristischen Sehenswürdigkeiten und direkt am Wasser. Alles, was man sich ansehen möchte bzw. unternehmen möchte, ist nur wenige Minuten zu Fuß entfernt. Das Hotel hat freundliche Angestellte, die gut Englisch gesprochen haben. Die Zimmer sind sauber und alle wichtigen Annehmlichkeiten sind vorhanden. Die Duschkabine war für eine große Person relativ klein und man hätte die Duschvorrichtung auch etwas fester anbringen können. Es gab eine kostenlose Internetverbindung und man war uns beim Ausdrucken wichtiger Bestätigungs-Dokumente behilflich. Es gibt ein großes, umfangreiches türkisches Frühstück, das im Preis eingeschlossen ist. Die vier Sterne Bewertung ist angebracht und ich freue mich bereits auf meinen nächsten Besuch, wenn die Renovierungsarbeiten abgeschlossen sind und die Dachterrasse in der näheren Zukunft wieder aufgemacht wird.
Great location
This hotel is one of several located between the major tourist attractions and the waters edge. everything you ever wanted to do is only minutes away by foot. The hotel had friendly staff and spoke english well. The rooms were clean and all basic ammenities provided. Shower cable was a bit short for tall persons and perhaps shower attachment could be tightened. Free internet was available and we were facilitated in printing important confirmation documents. A large variety of traditional turkish breakfast is included. The four star rating will be deserved and I look forward to visiting again when renovations are complete and the roof terrace is re-opened in the near future.
Buena situacion, buen precio
Hola escribo recien llegada de pasar 2 días en Estambul y alojada en el hotel Safir. La situacion del hotel es ideal para un viaje corto ya que esta a escasos 200 metros del Palacio Topcapi, Santa Sofia y la Mezquita Azul. A 100 metros de la parada de tranvia que te lleva al gran bazar y a Beyacid (ciudad nueva). Yo viajaba con un bebe y la verdad que tengo que decir que fueron muy cariñosos con nosotros y muy atentos en el hotel.
Good friendly hotel
The Sapphire is an excellent hotel. It is situated in a small back street in a great location for the main sites and next to other hotels and restaurants. The rooms are well decorated but without many extras (mini bar but no tea making facilities). Good shower and bathroom. Very friendly staff and a huge choice for breakfast, you really have a chance to experiment with unusual dishes. The only down side we found were the two tiny (and slow) hotel elevators which give off creaking sound which might well frighten guests of a nervous disposition.
Hotel Safir
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Nice hotel with a good athmosphere!!
The hotel was pretty good. Nice rooms, nice breakfast, VERY friendly staff, good location - you can walk almost everywhere. It has a very nice atmosphere, is located at a nice little street with good, local and recommendable restaurants. Lived up to my expectations
I would repeat
I was a bit afraid about hotels in Istambul. I've heard terrible stories. But I stayed in this hotel for a week, and it is not what we expect in Sapin for a four star hotel, but my stay there was pleasant.
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