Astan Hotel Galata

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• merlyndsilva

  29 agosto 2018
  Hidden gem in the centre of the historic Galata area

  I loved everything about the hotel - from the location, to the security, homely service, breakfast, and room. Being a solo female traveler I was a bit skeptical about how I would travel around but the hotel's location in Galata made it so convenient for me to travel to all the key areas and tourist attractions - Istiklal Avenue, Taksim Square, etc. all are walking distance from the hotel. Traveling to and from the Sabiha airport is also convenient with the Havabus facility in Taksim being so close by (taxis take between 10-20 lira from Taksim Square to the hotel). PROS - Very homely atmosphere, no lengthy check in, check out process. - Location is amazing. You can literally do all your souvenir shopping last minute as the shops are right outside the door. Galata Tower is a 2 minute walk away. Galata Bridge is a 5 minute walk away and so is the tram station from where you can reach Sultanahmet, Dolmabache Palace in less than 10 minutes. The Ferry cruises are also walking distance as it's just across the Galata Bridge. - Service was very personable and flexible, and not too intrusive. I also truly appreciated the hotel's patience in changing my reservation dates so many times and being so flexible. - Room was bright and loved the white theme. The beds were really comfortable and just what I needed after an entire day of walking around. - Bathroom was clean with sufficient amenities like body wash, cream, etc. - SMART TV in the rooms - can watch Netflix, YouTube, etc. - WiFi was of good speed. CONS - Housekeeping should be given more attention to, especially Bed and Wash linen. Found a big hole in one of the towels, but this was only once and possibly an oversight. - A few maintenance issues in the rooms like a broken wardrobe handle, some chipped off furniture, etc. need to be looked into to make this hotel perfect. Note: - Some travelers (especially families and older people), may find the location of the hotel a bit inconvenient as you have to climb about 70 steps to reach it. So not ideal for those with a lot of luggage, however taxis can drop you at the hotel entrance. - Breakfast is the same everyday (some cheese, dried fruit, salami, jam, butter, bread served tapas style), so those expecting a varied buffet breakfast like in other hotels will be a bit disappointed. I didn't mind this at all as the breakfast was filling for me and the view made up for the lack of a buffet. The hotel could add some fans in the breakfast area as it gets especially hot during summer. - There's no restaurant/bar in the hotel, but because of its location you won't miss this as there's so many options around. All in all a perfect place for solo and couple/group travelers who are looking to stay in the heart of the historic/artsy part of the city. Will definitely stay here again!

  

• carlos3409

  28 septiembre 2018
  UBICACIÓN ESPECTACULAR

  Pese a que le costó un poco llegar al taxi, el hotel se encuentra en la zona de Beyoglu. Un barrio súper moderno, que nada tiene que envidiar a Brick Lane, en Londres. El checkin fue rápido y amables. La habitación, era la 201. Espaciosa, con un gran ventanal, y cama muy cómoda. La habitación a parte, contaba con una nevera vacía, una tetera con varios tés y todos los días, botella de agua grande, de cortesía. El baño, limpio, contaba con una ducha amplia y un mueble a la entrada, para poner toallas. El desayuno, en la terraza, con unas vistas increíbles, de la parte antigua, donde se ven, los principales monumentos. Quizás el desayuno deberían variar un poco, ya que pese, a que era el típico desayuno de Estambul, quizás aburría un poco. En cuanto a la situación del hotel, se encuentra, en El Barrio de Beyoglu, en el que en 10 minutos caminando, estás en una de las mejores calles comerciales, también la torre de Gálata, está a 1 minuto andando del hotel. Para ir a la ciudad vieja, hay al lado una para de tranvía, que te lleva a la zona monumental en 10 minutos, aunque caminando, son 20 a Santa Sofía, y merece la pena, ver a los pescadores en el puente. Creo que es todo un descubrimiento. POSITIVO: Ubicación Precio Silencioso NEGATIVO: Desayuno repetitivo Wifi lento CONSEJO: Alrededor del hotel, hay varios bancos, para cambiar dinero, a muy buen cambio. También hay dos de las mejores pastelerías a escasos metros caminando.

  

• mehmettorunTR

  20 octubre 2018
  Good location, nice hotel

  Very comfortable and modern design rooms. In city center, you may visit Galata, stiklal and look ships and bosphorus in Karaköy. In spring very nice. Clean, silence tourist hotel. Price not expensive according to avarage. But no parking.

  

• borisi977

  05 marzo 2019
  Things that could spoil your trip

  Very good location but there are maybe too many things that could spoil your trip and staying. Nice front but problems in management and in maintenance. At least, in the room 302 (so called "De Luxe"). No heating in a bathroom, very unpleasant during heating season. Ugly, demaged wallpapers in the bathroom (!), mildew, broken toilet seat, very very old, crumbling towels, broken, flooding shower cabine...do not want to enter this bathroom too often. The room rather nice, good bed but narrow blanket. Two lights no working. Roof top breakfast terrace neglected in despite nice view. Breakfast very basic, low profile products, discount shop looking (in Turkey, with excellent food!, need to go at street to get fresh fruit juice). Breakfast served by cleaning lady dressed in dirty cleaning clothing and receptionists which looks (in a fact, it is) very unprofessional, imprivisation. It is a pity they manage the place like an improvisation, it could be nice, much better place and they could get higher price for it.

  

• Mahnaz Y

  13 septiembre 2019
  Astan Hotel Galata problems

  This hotel has several problems as follows that we dont recommend it or anybody at all: 1. The bed covers were ripped out 2. There was a hole in the room service wall 3. Bad location of the hotel where is hard to find by taxi divers and located over 70 steps which is so hard to reach especially for old or disabled people 4. Low quality and limited variety in breakfast 5. the hotel staff may take anything you leave in your room so be careful 6. there was no slippers in our room although some of the staff were kind and supportive to help solve problems but there are too many issues to be solved and it is not recommended to choose this hotel while you may find many better choices just around there