Not every stay in Sultanahmet is a hotel. This list covers the old city's guesthouses, bed and breakfasts and homestays: small places, most with between 4 and 21 rooms, on residential lanes in Küçük Ayasofya, Cankurtaran and around Akbıyık. Several carry a star category, others are unrated, and facilities range from a restaurant and bar to nothing listed at all.
Entries run roughly from the highest guest score to the lowest, so the top of the list is where the strongest records sit. Look at the review count as well as the score: a high mark from 200 reviews tells you more than one from a dozen.
Three practical points are worth weighing. First, check whether there is a 24-hour desk if you land late, because several of these places do not list one. Second, watch the check-in times, which vary more here than at larger hotels. Third, decide which side you want: the Cankurtaran lanes are closest to the shore path, Küçük Ayasofya to the tram. If you want more space of your own, apartments in Sultanahmet may suit better.
01LITTLE SOFIA HOTEL
3 starsB&B6 roomsAirport transferFamily rooms
9.4 guest score · about 55 reviews
Little Sofia Hotel heads the list with a guest score of 9.4 out of 10 across about 55 reviews. Listed as a three-star bed and breakfast, it has 6 rooms on Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi, with family rooms and airport transfers.
The Blue Mosque is 7 minutes on foot and the tram 6, while Hagia Sophia is 15. It is a quiet-street base rather than a full-service hotel, with check-in from 14:00 and check-out at noon.
6minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBlue Mosque
12minBasilica Cistern
15minHagia Sophia
02Marmara House&Apartments
4 starsB&B9 roomsAirport transfer
9.0 guest score · about 135 reviews
Marmara House & Apartments is a 9-room, four-star bed and breakfast on Mustafa Paşa Sokak. It is 5 minutes from the Blue Mosque and 9 from the Kennedy Avenue shore path, which suits early walks by the water.
Facilities are short: non-smoking rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 9.0 out of 10 across about 135 reviews. Check-in from 13:00 is earlier than most here, and check-out is at 11:30.
5minBlue Mosque
6minSultanahmet tram stop
9minKennedy Avenue shore path
10minBasilica Cistern
Good to know Check-in opens at 13:00 and check-out is at 11:30.
03Pera Apart
UnratedHomestay5 roomsFamily rooms
9.0 guest score · about 42 reviews
Listed as a homestay, Pera Apart has 5 rooms on Şadırvan Sokak in Cankurtaran, just 3 minutes from the shore path and 6 from the Blue Mosque. Hagia Sophia is 8 minutes away, though the Grand Bazaar is a long 21.
It has no star rating and a short facility list of family and non-smoking rooms. Guests score it 9.0 out of 10 across about 40 reviews. Check-out is at 11:00.
3minKennedy Avenue shore path
6minBlue Mosque
8minHagia Sophia
9minBasilica Cistern
04Emirhan Hotel Sultanahmet
4 starsB&B12 roomsAirport transfer24-hour desk
8.9 guest score · about 108 reviews
The first of three Emirhan properties on this list, Emirhan Hotel Sultanahmet is a 12-room, four-star bed and breakfast on Ödev Sokak. It has a 24-hour desk, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers.
Hagia Sophia is 16 minutes away, the Blue Mosque 9 and the tram 7, so it sits toward the back of Küçük Ayasofya. Guests score it 8.9 out of 10 across about 110 reviews, the best of the three Emirhan listings.
7minSultanahmet tram stop
9minBlue Mosque
13minBasilica Cistern
14minGrand Bazaar
05Wonder Wood Hotel
3 starsB&B15 roomsAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily roomsSpa / hammam
8.9 guest score · about 243 reviews
Wonder Wood Hotel, a 15-room bed and breakfast on Özbekler Sokak, is one of only two places in this group with a spa or hammam, the other being Yakut Old Hotel. It also has a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.
The tram is 5 minutes away and the Grand Bazaar 11, closer than most here. Guests score it 8.9 out of 10 across more than 240 reviews, the longest record on the list.
5minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBlue Mosque
11minBasilica Cistern
11minGrand Bazaar
06Ahmet Efendi Evi
4 starsGuesthouse10 roomsAccessibleAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily rooms
8.8 guest score · about 160 reviews
In Cankurtaran, Ahmet Efendi Evi is a 10-room guesthouse on Keresteci Hakkı Sokak, 4 minutes from the shore path and 6 from the Blue Mosque. Its facility list is one of the broadest among these small places: a terrace, a garden, accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.
Guests score it 8.8 out of 10 across about 160 reviews. The Grand Bazaar is 21 minutes away, so this is a sea-side base.
4minKennedy Avenue shore path
6minBlue Mosque
8minSultanahmet tram stop
9minHagia Sophia
07Emirhan Guesthouse & Suites
4 starsGuesthouse8 roomsAirport transferFamily rooms
8.8 guest score · about 90 reviews
Emirhan Guesthouse & Suites is the smallest of the Emirhan trio, with 8 rooms on Şehit Mehmet Paşa Sokak. It offers family rooms, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers. The tram is 5 minutes away, the Blue Mosque 7 and Hagia Sophia 13.
Guests score it 8.8 out of 10 across about 90 reviews. Its listed check-in time is 23:00, which is unusual, so confirm your arrival time with the guesthouse before you travel.
5minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBlue Mosque
11minBasilica Cistern
13minHagia Sophia
Good to know Check-in is listed at 23:00; confirm the time with the guesthouse before you travel.
08Gul Sultan Hotel
3 starsGuesthouse8 roomsAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily roomsTerrace
8.8 guest score · about 118 reviews
No place on this list is closer to Hagia Sophia than Gul Sultan Hotel: 1 minute on foot from its address on Akbıyık Caddesi. The Basilica Cistern is 3 minutes away and Topkapı 8.
It is an 8-room, three-star guesthouse with a terrace, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.8 out of 10 across about 120 reviews. Check-in starts at 13:00.
1minHagia Sophia
3minBasilica Cistern
6minBlue Mosque
8minTopkapı Palace
09CK SULTANAHMET HOTEL
4 starsB&B15 roomsAirport transferFamily roomsGardenTerrace
8.7 guest score · about 45 reviews
CK Sultanahmet Hotel is a 15-room, four-star bed and breakfast on Akbıyık Değirmeni Sokak, 4 minutes from the Blue Mosque and 6 from the shore path. It has a terrace and a garden, along with family rooms, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers.
Guests score it 8.7 out of 10 across about 45 reviews. Like Emirhan Guesthouse, it lists check-in at 23:00, so check how early you can get your room.
4minBlue Mosque
6minKennedy Avenue shore path
7minSultanahmet tram stop
9minHagia Sophia
Good to know The listed check-in time is 23:00, so ask whether an earlier arrival is possible.
10Bright Apart Hotel
3 starsB&B8 roomsFamily roomsTerrace
8.4 guest score · about 55 reviews
Bright Apart Hotel has 8 rooms on Yusuf Aşkın Sokak and is listed as a three-star bed and breakfast. It has a terrace, family rooms and non-smoking rooms. The tram is 6 minutes away, the Blue Mosque 7 and Hagia Sophia 14.
Guests score it 8.4 out of 10 across about 55 reviews. There is no 24-hour desk listed, so late arrivals should arrange a time in advance.
6minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBlue Mosque
12minBasilica Cistern
13minGrand Bazaar
Good to know No 24-hour desk is listed, so agree an arrival time if you land late.
11Berce Hotel Istanbul
3 starsB&B21 roomsAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily roomsGarden
8.3 guest score · about 14 reviews
With 21 rooms, Berce Hotel Istanbul ties with Ramos Boutique as the largest place here. It sits on Mustafa Paşa Sokak, 5 minutes from both the Blue Mosque and the tram.
The facility list is long for a bed and breakfast: a terrace, a garden, a 24-hour desk, family rooms, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.3 out of 10, but from only about 14 reviews, so the record is still short.
5minBlue Mosque
5minSultanahmet tram stop
10minBasilica Cistern
11minKennedy Avenue shore path
12Emirhan Inn Hotel Sultanahmet
3 starsB&B19 roomsAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily rooms
8.3 guest score · about 106 reviews
On the same stretch of Ödev Sokak as Emirhan Hotel, at No 4 against No 6, Emirhan Inn Hotel Sultanahmet is the largest Emirhan, with 19 rooms. It has a 24-hour desk, family rooms, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers.
The walks match the street: 8 minutes to the Blue Mosque, 7 to the tram and 15 to Hagia Sophia. Guests score it 8.3 out of 10 across about 105 reviews, a little below its neighbour.
7minSultanahmet tram stop
8minBlue Mosque
13minBasilica Cistern
14minGrand Bazaar
13Riverland Apart Suites Hotel
3 starsB&B12 roomsAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily roomsGarden
8.3 guest score · about 18 reviews
Riverland Apart Suites Hotel shares Özbekler Sokak with Wonder Wood, so it has the same 5-minute walk to the tram and 11 to the Grand Bazaar. The 12-room bed and breakfast has a garden, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.
Guests score it 8.3 out of 10 from about 18 reviews. Check-in starts at 13:00, and the listed check-out of 16:00 is the latest on this list; confirm it before you arrive.
5minSultanahmet tram stop
8minBlue Mosque
11minBasilica Cistern
11minGrand Bazaar
Good to know A 16:00 check-out is listed, the latest here; confirm it before relying on it.
14Muhterem Hanım Konağı
UnratedHomestay4 rooms
8.2 guest score · about 9 reviews
Muhterem Hanım Konağı is a homestay with 4 rooms on Tavukhane Sokak, and nowhere else here is closer to the Blue Mosque and the tram: 2 minutes to each, with Hagia Sophia 9.
It has no star rating and no facilities listed, so expect a simple stay with few extras. Guests score it 8.2 out of 10 from only about nine reviews. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out at noon.
2minBlue Mosque
2minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBasilica Cistern
9minHagia Sophia
Good to know With 4 rooms, it fills early in spring and autumn.
15Han Hotel
3 starsGuesthouse8 roomsAirport transferBar24-hour deskFamily rooms
8.2 guest score · about 158 reviews
Han Hotel, on Yerebatan Caddesi in Alemdar, is the only place in this group listing a restaurant, a bar, a terrace and a garden together. It is 2 minutes from the Basilica Cistern and 4 from Hagia Sophia, and Sirkeci station is 11.
The 8-room, three-star guesthouse also has a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.2 out of 10 across about 160 reviews. Check-out is at 11:30.
2minBasilica Cistern
4minHagia Sophia
6minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBlue Mosque
16yakut old hotel
UnratedB&B11 roomsAirport transferBar24-hour deskFamily rooms
8.0 guest score · about 104 reviews
On Kadırga Limanı Caddesi, Yakut Old Hotel is an unrated bed and breakfast with 11 rooms and a facility list closer to a hotel's: a restaurant, a bar, a garden, a spa or hammam and a 24-hour desk, plus family rooms and airport transfers.
The tram is 6 minutes away, the Blue Mosque 7 and Hagia Sophia 14. Guests score it 8.0 out of 10 across about 105 reviews. Check-in is from 15:00.
6minSultanahmet tram stop
7minBlue Mosque
12minBasilica Cistern
13minGrand Bazaar
Good to know Check-in is from 15:00, so plan to store bags if you arrive early.
17bdk hotel
5 starsHomestay7 roomsAirport transferFamily rooms
8.0 guest score · about 6 reviews
bdk hotel is listed as a homestay but carries a five-star category, an unusual pairing, with 7 rooms. It sits between the two halves of the old city, 9 minutes from the Grand Bazaar, 5 from the tram and 8 from the Blue Mosque.
Family rooms and airport transfers are listed. Guests score it 8.0 out of 10 from only about six reviews, so there is little to go on yet. Check-in is from 13:00 and check-out at 11:00.
5minSultanahmet tram stop
8minBlue Mosque
9minGrand Bazaar
10minBasilica Cistern
18Hotel Naz Wooden House Inn
3 starsGuesthouse13 rooms24-hour desk
7.7 guest score · about 12 reviews
Hotel Naz Wooden House Inn is a 13-room, three-star guesthouse on Akbıyık Değirmeni Sokak, a couple of numbers along from CK Sultanahmet. It is 4 minutes to the Blue Mosque and 6 to the shore path.
The facilities listed are a 24-hour desk and non-smoking rooms, with no family rooms or airport transfers. Guests score it 7.7 out of 10 from about a dozen reviews. Check-in is from 13:00 and check-out at 11:00.
4minBlue Mosque
6minKennedy Avenue shore path
7minSultanahmet tram stop
9minHagia Sophia
19Ramos Boutique Hotel Sultanahmet
4 starsGuesthouse21 roomsAirport transfer24-hour deskFamily rooms
7.6 guest score · about 30 reviews
Ramos Boutique Hotel Sultanahmet is a 21-room, four-star guesthouse on Mustafa Paşa Sokak, 4 minutes from the Blue Mosque and 9 from the shore path. It has a 24-hour desk, family rooms, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers.
Guests score it 7.6 out of 10 across about 30 reviews, lower than Marmara House and Berce on the same street. Check-out is at 11:30.
4minBlue Mosque
6minSultanahmet tram stop
9minKennedy Avenue shore path
10minBasilica Cistern
20Modena Pansiyon
3 starsHomestay6 roomsAirport transferBar24-hour deskFamily rooms
6.7 guest score · about 127 reviews
Modena Pansiyon is a 6-room homestay on Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi, 3 minutes from the Blue Mosque and 4 from the tram. For its size it lists a lot: a restaurant, a bar, a terrace and a 24-hour desk, with family rooms and airport transfers.
Guests score it 6.7 out of 10 across about 125 reviews, the lowest here, so weigh the location against that record. Its listed check-in is 23:00.
3minBlue Mosque
4minSultanahmet tram stop
9minBasilica Cistern
10minHagia Sophia
Good to know Check-in is listed at 23:00; confirm your arrival arrangements in advance.
How to choose
For the safest pick, Wonder Wood Hotel combines a spa or hammam with the longest review record here, while Little Sofia and Marmara House score highest on the Küçük Ayasofya side. If the monuments come first, Gul Sultan is a minute from Hagia Sophia and Han Hotel 2 minutes from the Basilica Cistern, with a restaurant and bar of its own.
For mornings by the water, Pera Apart and Ahmet Efendi Evi are 3 and 4 minutes from the shore path. Families have plenty of choice, since most places list family rooms; Berce and Ramos are the largest if you want a slightly bigger house. Muhterem Hanım Konağı is closest to the tram for a simple stay.
Late arrivals should favour places with a 24-hour desk, such as Emirhan Hotel, Gul Sultan or Wonder Wood, and confirm times at those listing check-in at 23:00. For more small places, see small hotels under 20 rooms.
