(Rates from $113.33)
Sarnic Boutique Hotel (Ottoman Mansion)
Family-friendly in Sultanahmet near Blue Mosque
Airport nearby
Close to the airport, this property is also near Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, and Hagia Sophia. Other nearby points of interest include Topkapi Palace.
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Sarnic Boutique Hotel (Ottoman Mansion) provides a restaurant, complimentary breakfast, and a bar/lounge. Other amenities include wireless Internet access and a concierge desk.
More hotel informationViews of city
Guestrooms have fireplaces, LCD televisions, and complimentary wireless Internet access; rooms also include refrigerators, bathroom phones, and hair dryers.
More room informationTraveler Opinions: Hotel review summary of Sarnic Boutique Hotel (Ottoman Mansion), Istanbul Hotel
| Overall satisfaction | 88% of travelers (8 of 9) recommend this hotel | ||||
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| Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
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Most recent reviews and ratings for Sarnic Boutique Hotel (Ottoman Mansion) in Istanbul
All reviews displayed are submitted by customers who stayed at this hotel. Only the 3 most recent reviews are shown.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Really cute & convenient
Located 2 blocks away from the Blue Mosque. Staff helpful & friendly - Hotel clean - continental breakfast convenient and satisfactory - a positive experience - only lacked glasses and tissues in the room.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Comfortable hotel
Right in Sultanehammet a stone’s throw from the blue mosque, and reasonable eateries. Just make sure your taxi driver knows where they’re going.
Traveler's tip on local attractions
Try the Turkish bathh near the grand bazaar.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
An Istanbul Gem
The Sarnic (pronounced Sarnich, which is Turkish for cistern), is a lovely little hotel in a quaint little area of Sultanahmet. My room in the back looked out directly on the Blue Mosque. And, yep, at 4:45 its wakey, wakey with the call to prayer from the minaret. It really doesn’t matter what proximity you are to a mosque, if you’re this side of living, you’ll hear it. They were remodeling the rooftop dining while I was there, but it was just finishing up as I was leaving and its looks very nice. They also have a restaurant downstairs with a complimentary and varied breakfast buffet. I am most grateful to the desk staff for solving a problem that I was having contacting the purveyor of a day trip to Ephesus. It required Turkish, and I had none. And everything worked out very well. It’s within walking distance also to Haghi Sofia, Topkapi, and the Yerebatan Sarnici (from which the neighborhood and hotel derive their name, I think). In the other direction you can walk to the Kumkapi area and sample some really excellent fish.
Traveler's tip on shopping
I can’t stress this enough: Decide BEFORE you visit Istanbul if you really need a rug. And if you do, what is the absolute top price you will pay. Commit this to memory. Otherwise, you may purchase a rug you neither need nor afford. Iif you do, you will learn an excellent lesson that you can pass on to others. As I am passing it on to you. So to be polite, just tell them what I told everyone AFTER I bought rug on the first day: "No thanks, I ALREADY bought one." Then walk quickly away.
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