Online booking to any domestic and international hotel makes life easier for travellers all around the world. Here, I will share my experience with the Online booking of a Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Many trusted websites are available from which we chose booking.com to get our Aspen Hotel online booking in Istanbul.
Before selection, we kept a few things in mind as follows:
i. Hotel Ratings, Hotel Rooms, Hotel Facilities, Hotel Reviews & also the rates of the room.
It is mandatory to have a Hotel Reservation before applying, and one of the Documents Required for a Turkish Visit Visa from Pakistan. Our group of four friends starts finding the hotels keeping the above requirements in our mind and then we share our choices and finalize a hotel that was the Aspen Hotel Ist.
ii. An area to stay in Istanbul (European or Asian Side, Old City or New City, Taksim or Sultanahmet)
Four-star Aspen Hotel Rooms, facilities, and reviews matched our requirements. It was located at the European (Old City Sultanahmet) side of the city. We booked 2 Economy Double or Twin Rooms at 94 Euros for each room for 2 nights, including free breakfast with no cancellation fee. We take the printouts of our hotel reservation.
iii. Distance from the Ataturk & Sabiha Gokcen International Airports
Aspen Hotel was only 20 km from the Ataturk International Hotel (European side of Istanbul) & 45 km from Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (Asian side of Istanbul). We paid 70 Turkish Lira to the taxi driver for 30 30-minute ride from the airport to the hotel & 135 Turkish Lira from Hotel Trend to Sabiha Gokcen International Airport for 1-hour ride.
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iv. Distance from the Main Historical Places and other Attractions
This hotel was in the middle of the city at Sultanahmet, close to all historical sites and attractions, you can say everything was at walking distance, otherwise take a taxi, tram or metro. I can give you an idea of distances from the Aspen Hotel to the Attractions or Places to Visit in Istanbul is Grand Bazar 2.5 km, Spice Bazaar 3.4 km, Sultanahmet Mosque or Blue Mosque 2.5 km, Hagia Sophia 2.9 km, Basilica Cistern 2.6 km, Galata Tower 3.9 km, Taksim Square 6.4 km, Topkapi Palace 3.1 km, Suleymaniye Mosque 2.3 km, Dolmabahce Palace 6.7 km, Bosphorus Cruise 1.8 km, SALT Galata 3.9 km, Çiçek Pasajı (Cicek Pasaji) 5.1 km, Terkos Passage 4.7 km.
A shock to all the readers is that we did not stay at the Aspen hotel. Reasons and our actual hotel stay in Istanbul will be written in the coming Turkey Namaa article.
