Villa Sphendone Hotel Istanbul

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a perfectly fit in the historical area
Well located in the heart of the historical Old Istanbul, makes you fill the old times of Turkey. A boutique hotel with generous rooms cozy decorated, clean, very good and professional services, warm atmosphere and friendly team. I have to say the bed in the Topkapy suite was amazingly comfortable - my wife, which is pregnant, can confirm that. The bathroom was also very large and we had even a double jacuzzi only for us. All in all - an experience that has to be lived. Ovidiu (Bucharest , Romania)
Management response from denizemin

Dear Mr&Mrs Zamfirescu We would like to thank you for your encouracingpleasent sentences. Hope to host you again. Kind regards, Deniz Tufekci Manager

expensive hotel run on the cheap
This hotel is in a good location distance wise, but has no views, and is on a rundown back alley with abbandoned and burnt out buildings around it. Breakfast? I will pack my own instant coffee, and vending machine snacks and save the 18 euro per person fee! Bring cash for the payment, their credit processing is very outdated. The rooms were well apointed, I will skip this hotel in the future and stay at the 4 seasons, they have better location, views, and I am certain their transaction system is better then the mobile kiosk reader used... more
Management response from denizemin

Some comments on about the review of our valued guest from Chiccago; First of all we would like to thank to him for his nice compliments about our room quality, in size and decoration aspect. 1-Building at the backward; ''...back alley with abbandoned and burnt out building...''A 170 years old historical wooden house one of the best example of 19th century Istanbul's wooden building architecture ,is kept and preserved by the stateHope in the near future Municipality or the Ministery of Culture will have enough finance to renovate this building which is next to our neighbour building.We know that many of our guest couldn't resist to take the picture of such buildings in Istanbul.I think the culturel differences and the differences of ''value'' concept between two cultures(European and American) may sometimes can create such disonances.We can not say either old is bad and the new is good or opposite, that is the taste.!! 2-Breakfast;according the our records, our valued guests received only 1 breakfast out of 4 morning,and paid 16euro including tax.Cofee,tea,juice,bread,honey,4 type of jams,egg,butter,salami,3 types of cheese,cucember,tomato,2 type of olive,saussage in all best quality made almost all our guests happy. 3-Of course we accept credit card ,but system accept only the proper one.A card which its magnetic system is defected, surely be rejected by the pos machine.We use the pos apart given by the banks and all hotels,restaurants,bars use the same type and model of pos machines.T chek the defect, our staff used their own card and showed him that their card is accepted while his credit card is rejected by the pos machine.His second card was not defected as the first one but unfortunately has out of credit. 3-Telephone;Our all rooms have telephones, in Turkey wide,local calls from our rooms are free of charge, and for ınternational calls ,our guests must contact to our reception to be able to be connected with international lines. 4- 4 seasons hotel is one of the best hotel in the world and 5 times more expensive then our room rates,it is about 500 meter to our property and we are located on the same radial concerning distance to Roman hippodrome.(please visit google earth/Istanbul/sultanahmet) 5-Tv;we have satelite system ,able to capture 1634 international tv channels, only 34 in Turkish, 118 in english language.We don't have any porn adds(it is illegal in Turkey) or pay tv in our rooms or tv channels. We would again like to thank to this gentlemen from Chiccago for his comments,and the grade''2'' of course will be properly evaluated by our previous or potential guests in the future.Our previous guests's evaluation was around 5 out of 5 untill this review. Certainly we would like to see and host him in our property and will create some time to explain him the facts. Kind regards, Deniz Tufekci

Perfectly placed Boutique Hotel
Perfectly placed in Sultanhammet for visiting all the major attractions. Bit of hill to walk up to the tram stop and stairs in the hotel itself so not suitable for disabled guests. A little expensive and the only thing that annoyed me was the light shining through the blinds as I like to sleep in the dark. Otherwise, the owners were absolutely delightful, warm, welcoming and very helpful. The place was spotlessly clean and breakfast was fresh and more than adequate every morning. We always felt safe even walking back at night. <br... more
Wonderful Domestic Hospitality
If you want to have a great time in Istanbul and feel relaxed, Villa Sphendone offers Wonderful Domestic Hospitality. You can organize your time very well, location of the Villa is great, Deniz is the great host and all the other personnel. We were short term guests, but, thanks to their hospitality and Istanbul’s amazing energy, we will definitely come back again......
small cozy and beautiful hotel in the heart of Istanbul's old town......
with only 4 spacious rooms, warm and homly decorated and furnished. Very friendly, welcoming and helpful staff. Felt like staying with friends or a family. Walking distance to the Blue Mosque. More information about the hotel on www.villasphendone.com . I highly recommend it and will definitively stay there again.
Wonderful little hotel, a special place
The rooms were every bit as good as they look in the pictures and the staff were helpful and friendly. It was like staying with friends. Walking distance to most of the major attractions.
A Lil Known Secret in the Heart of Istanbul!
Staying at this hotel seriously made my 1st time in Istanbul 10x better, than if I had stayed anywhere else. Location: Location is in the heart of Old Town. Literally 3 minutes walking distance from the Blue Mosque, Cistern, Hagia Sophia. This place is great to stay if you're visiting the historical part of Istanbul. Hotel experience: I've never experienced anything like this before! It has a very bed and breakfast feel, where they treat you like they're your house guest or you're staying with a host family. In fact, the... more
Great Place to Stay in Istanbul
I wanted to write and recommend this hotel on Trip Advisor. When we arrived we felt immediately at ease. Esin was really nice and her English was excellent! We went for a Romantic long weekend and it really lived up o expectations. The hotel is out of the way on a quiet back street so no bustling streets to keep you awake! (Apart from the noise of the street cats trying to kill each other) The room was really large and even had rose petals on the bed! There is a spacious bathroom and a double jacuzzi bath - word of advice - don't add any... more
Best lodging in Istanbul
http://www.villasphendone.com/sphendone.htm 1st review I've ever posted, or written for that matter, but this hotel was so off the hook perfect, it had to be done. It's a small hotel, only 4 rooms which means EXCPETIONAL service. We stayed in the Topkapi Suite, extremely large room, lots of natural light, huge very modern bathroom, tub for two too! Bed was great, location perfect for walking Istanbul. Service was beyond anything we've ever experienced! The women who runs this small luxury hotel knows her business, she was friendly,... more
What a place...hard to find such a gem elsewhere....
We stayed at Villa Sphendone for a couple of nights in October. Well, I have travelled a lot and lived in 10 different cities. So I am definitely used to hotels, but I can say it is hard to match the quality and comfort of this place. It is right in the middle of Sultanahmet, in a quiet and safe alley on a hill. You can reach by foot all the main attractions of Istanbul (Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia, etc.). It has only 4 suites, brand new, very well furnished and immaculate. This is a small hotel, so the atmosphere you get is very cozy. No big... more

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