Hotels Near Historic Grand Harbor Beach in Istanbul

For my first post-Covid visit to Turkey, a regular destination where I have dear friends, I went straight from the airport to Hotel Kilya, a real favourite, and just a 40 minute drive. The Kilya is a small, quiet, friendly establishment, with a lovely pool and beautiful clifftop view over the Black Sea. The tiny village, below, has a modest choice of restaurants, most specialising in fish, but no bars so no rowdiness. The rooms are small, neat and spotless, there is a well equipped gym, a very good garden restaurant and fabulous burgers served by the pool. A perfect six days, before the chaos of Istanbul.

We spent a wonderful weekend with my family and close friends. The hotel is in a perfect location. There are many nice restaurants and clubs within walking distance. I would like to say about the hotel staff that they are very friendly.I especially want to thank the lady from FO .Her name is Betul, who works at the reception. She organized a wonderful weekend for us.I congratulate her and the hotel .management because of their hospitality.

Vize görüşmesi için gitmiştim ve en yakın otel buydu. Bana uğurlu geldi ve vizemi aldım . Müşteriyi karşılamaları gayet içten ve güler yüzlüydüler. Kaldığım oda 1+1 suit deniz gören odaydı ve temizLiği olsun konforu olsun oldukça başarılıydı. Otele giriş saatinden bayağı bir süre sonra girmeme rağmen odanın kombisi yanıyordu ve çok üşüyen biri olarak bu beni çok memnun etti. Oda servisi güleryüzlü ve kibar. Akşam yemeğinden sonra girişyaptığım için çok açtım ve odaya restorantlarından yemek söyledim. İnanılmaz lezzetli ve büyük porsiyonlar. Fiyatları da gayet uygun . Tekrar teşekkür ederim çalışanlarına 🙏

The hotel is in a very good location close to Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge. If you have business especially on both European side and Anatolian side, this would be ideal. Since it is at a crossroad, some traffic noise is unavoidable. The staff is excellent. They assist perfectly and sort out any issues you may have immediately. I had relatively minor issues at my arrival midnight and the reception was giving me information in the morning that they will all be sorted (and they were when I came back to the room). I appreciate the help of Dogukan Bey and Ugur Bey in these matters. They were really attentive, friendly and cooperative.

This hotel is located far away from everything on the Asia side and one of the least friendly places that I visited. That's saying a lot since I spent a week there. The hotel itself is actually very beautiful. The spa looks like it is to die for although the spa service is only mediocre. Go someplace else. The staff was very standoffish and made had no problem staring at you openly. The room was clean and food is reasonable in a pinch. I wouldn't stay again and can't recommend a friend stay there.

To begin with, now this hotel is called DNZ TAXIM FERİDİYE HoTEL. I booked a stay for three nights through booking in a deluxe room. Upon arrival, we were given a different room that did not match the description and photo when booking. We returned to the administrator with an attempt to explain that the number was clearly different. He looked for our reservation for a long time, found it, and eventually gave us another room. It was larger and similar in size to the one in the photo, but it did not match in appearance. We were told that there were no other rooms available. In the end, I had to stay in this room. Then we began to examine it in more detail and were in a slight shock. The point was the condition of the room itself: the door trims were broken off, the walls were all chipped to the ground, the sink was loose, the shower hose was frayed, the faucet that was kept on parole. The faucet and fan just stuck out of the wall, everything above the doorway in the bathroom was smeared with cement without any kind of decoration (everything is in the photo). Towels are dirty, with lipstick residue and holes. Bed linen was also in question. The price included breakfast, which again turned out to be not the same as in the photo on bo***********A photo of breakfast is also attached to the review. The main thing there is half a loaf. Arabs work at the front desk, who know a couple of words in English, that is, it is extremely difficult to communicate with them. And finally, the cherry on the cake. We decided that we could not stand here for three nights and leave after two nights. As a result, the administrators canceled our reservation when we checked out, and sent information to booking that we supposedly did not check in. In general, they simply deceive people! I do not recommend this hotel to anyone!

Ξενοδοχείο στη πλατεία Ταξίμ , σε τοποθεσία που εξυπηρετεί τις μετακινήσεις στο κέντρο της πόλης και βρίσκεις πολλά μαγαζιά και εστιατόρια. Δωμάτια χωρίς καθόλου θέα και με πολύ θόρυβο από το δρόμο. Το πρωϊνό φτωχό, μόνο η θέα από την αίθουσα του πρωϊνού αξίζει.

Perfect stay in central of istanbul. Walking distance to Taksim and Galata Tower. Sishane metro and Tophane tram station are also nearby. Room was clean. The only thing we need maybe an electric kettle inside the room to make tea and coffee. And also more variety in the breakfast

Well, I booked online for our family of 5 members. They advised they have an apartment suitable for us. When I reached there, we found that the apartment is not in the main building, we have to climb long stairs Infront of the building, then go up a little hill, then go up again the stairs for 3 floors with all the luggage just to find out that the apartment has only one AC in the main room but the other one with the sofa and extra bed has no AC in August!!!! That was very very disappointing since it was never mentioned anywhere, neither that the apartment is in a separate building nor it is in a higher floor or not fully air-condionned but what happened next was what made us feel at home. Bora, the one at the reception, who confirmed my booking then did his best to try shuffling some rooms so we can fit in the main building but since me and the rest of the family were willing to stay together, I suggested to try one night and see if we could handle the heat or we will need to move to more than one room in the main building. At night we had a wonderful window view of the old town and Galata tower that I wouldn't give for any air-conditoned room :))) Despite the apartment was very small and we could barely move but it was really clean and it had everything we could need to feel home. The sound of seagulls woke us up in the morning and we slept watching the moonlight covering Galata Tower at night. A wonderful experience i wish to repeat, we were lucky because it was full moon. They always sent someone to clean and change the bed sheets and towels, and they did their best helping with the luggage up and down. The day of check out, they were very generous, they made a discount on the full amount as an apology we didn't know much about the apartment, and the owner offered us simit and cheese, a very traditional yet yummy Turkish breakfast. I loved the stay, what made it beautiful was the generosity of the staff, how welcoming they were, the cleanness of the place and the unforgettable view of the apartment, I will definitely go back