塞姆博酒店(Sembol Hotel)

Don’t believe positive reviews - the hotel rooms have black mold, heavy old mud on floor and furniture, frowst in the rooms. Breakfast is the cereals, cheap cheese, ham and hard boiled eggs, no fruits or veggies. No spoons, no plates, no servant or any crew in the dining area (can’t name it restaurant). The hotel manager locks the hotel room and leaves for his personal business during the day and night and doesn’t take his phone, so you won’t be able to get into the hotel and will wait outside till the manager is done with his business. The hotel will not even try to atone for the mess - take it into account. There’s lots of hotels every 20 meters around the place. Don’t pick Sembol unless there’s no available hotel in Istanbul at all.

Ce que j’ai aimé: la proximité avec des lieux stratégiques tels que le grand bazar ou la mosquée bleu, le personnel agréable et à l’écoute Ce que j’aurai aimé: j’avais payé pour un petit déjeuner que je n’ai finalement pas eu, les murs entre les chambres trop fin car nous entendions les conversations des autres chambres, dommage qu’ils ne soient pas un peu plus épais