Antique Hostel-Guesthouse, Istanbul

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The Antique Hostel & Guesthouse on Kutlugün Sokak in Sultanahmet, Istanbul (map) has a lot of advantages:

— The single and double guest rooms, though smallish and simple, are quite comfortable, with all the services of a more expensive hotel: newly-renovated, fully-tiled private bathrooms, central heating, air conditioning, even a TV in each room!

— Some east-facing rooms have fine Bosphorus views because of the hostel's position at the top of the hillside—views you would pay hundreds of liras for in a fancy hotel.

— For the very thrifty, the three dorm rooms in the basement sleep from four to six people. They're tidy, cheery, air-conditioned and quite cheap, sharing two clean bathrooms and a separate toilet.

— The enclosed, recently renovated and upgraded rooftop cafe-bar-restaurant has spectacular views of the Bosphorus and Sea of Marmara, and the open-air terrace above it has even better views!

—Your stay here includes an open buffet breakfast, including corn flakes, eggs, white sheeps'-milk cheese (beyaz peynir, feta), yellow kashar cheese, butter, honey, salami, sliced cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, green and black olives, and unlimited quantities of Turkish tea, apple tea, orange tea, coffee, milk and bread.

— Kutlugün Sokak is a quiet street, and this part of it is particularly quiet, with barely any traffic at all, and yet you're literally just around the corner from the Blue Mosque and the Hippodrome, and only a few minutes' walk from Topkapi Palace.

Hostel guests enjoy an evening waterpipe on the terrace.

It's also comforting that Mr Hilmi Efendioglu, owner-manager of the hostel, is a longtime resident of this neighborhood. In fact, the hostel was for years his family home: he was born in this building, as was his father before him!

If it weren't for the thrifty dorm rooms, which allow budget travelers to sleep within sight of the sultan's palace for an astoundingly small sum, I'd call the Antique Hostel not a hostel at all, but a good small hotel. (Hilmi Bey prefers "guesthouse.")

Whatever we call it, you will be happy to call it home while you're in Istanbul. If it's full, you have an alternative: the nearby Nobel Hostel, operated by the same people.

When you contact the Antique Hostel & Guesthouse or Nobel Hostel, be sure to mention TTP. Here's why.

Antique Hostel & Guesthouse
Kutlugün Sokak No. 51 (map)
34122 Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel +90 (212) 638 1637
Fax+90 (212) 518 3025
www.antiquehostel.com
info@antiquehostel.com

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