Stanley Sigalov
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Great little hotel - right in the middle of a very active neighborhood, but still somehow calm and quiet. Rooms weren’t extravagant by any means, but were very comfortable on every metric: specious, quiet, good (and quiet) AC, comfortable bed, nice bathroom with good water pressure, good WiFi, fridge. Quite literally nothing to complain about, which is rare in a hotel. Oh, and free laundry, which was great.
Area is great - not quite touristy like the old district (which I’m very happy we didn’t stay in), but close enough to everything.
(5:30am prayer chant woke us up a couple times, but it was still barely audible.)
Concierge is great, too, and guided us through everything we need to know about Istanbul.