What an amazing experience! Boutique Hotel steps from Galata Tower, central to everything. I’ll try to be detailed but brief. And for reference when deciding if you would pick this place, I will give you a reference point. Mentally Im Ritz Carlton (lol), financially Hilton Garden Inn (ok, moving on) So overall, yes, we enjoyed our stay and would stay again. (and yes- this was our first time to Istanbul)
Gift Hotel
Centrally located-Euro side
Staff: Outstanding, friendly, helpful (small treats everyday at checkin)
Breakfast daily 8-10am: Delish + sufficient. We felt full everyday. Fresh everything!
Room: tidy, clean, plenty of room for us two
Bed comfort: ok, a bed topper would help
Pillows: clean, comfortable
(I need a good pillow)
Bathroom: not huge-but shower was a nice size, water pressure-amazing, got hot fast, clean and cute. No bad water smells and wasnt afraid to brush my teeth with it.
Towels: Big, clean, a little worn, non issue.
Wifi: good+pretty fast
Wet bar with cokes, water bottles, coffee + quality teas.
Quiet streets, AC cold at 23°c with the fan on max, then would raise to 24 for comfort.
They handled our private airport transfers for 90euro (total) roundtrip
Metro 5 min walk (but we always walked 10 min to Karakoy by the water to get to Asian side), Galata Tower few minute walk (5min). We really didnt need a GPS bc the tower is your landmark, once you orient yourself its super easy to get around.
I definately reccommend the Gift Hotel!
