Old City Hostel

Alemdar mah.divanyolu street., Bestekar osman sokak, No:9 Istanbul, Turkey 34110

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81.4%
Overall Rating

79 out of 88 HostelBookers customers would recommend 'Old City Hostel'

Atmosphere
84.8%
Location
99.2%
Facilities
76.0%
Staff
86.4%
Cleanliness
69.6%
Safety
72.8%
Value
80.8%

Recent review (07/10/2010)

The location, the roof top bar and the staff/owners are all amazing. Great place to meet people.

 
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Overview

Old City Hostel is in a great central location to access most of Istanbul’s tourist attractions, and it is a wonderful place to stay and make friends.

Welcome to the Old City Hostel, located in the heart of Sultanahmet! The perfect location is just steps from the Blue Mosque, St.Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and Grand Bazaar as well as multiple public transportation points for easy travel around Istanbul.

Join us for cheap, B.B.Q (Turkish Kebap) nightly at our rooftop!

Old City Hostel is owned and operated by a small group of young, friendly and knowledgeable Turkish travel enthusiasts who never miss a chance to hang out with their guests and start a party. This is the perfect hostel for making new friends and sharing stories from around the world. The staff is happy to help you with all of your travel arrangements and can provide discounts for Turkish entertainment, Turkish baths, tour bookings, or renting cars and they can even help you to find work!

Old City Hostel provides clean and comfortable dorm style rooms, each with a private bath, hair dryers, heating and air-condition. Linens and blankets are included and towels are available for hire.

Enjoy your free welcome drink as we BBQ at the recently renovated rooftop bar! Relax at the terrace with the stunning view of the Blue Mosque, St. Sophia Museum, the Marmara Sea and the streets of Sultanahmet. The bar is open from 6 in the evening (or earlier) and stays open until the party stops! Great music, big screen TV (150 INCH projector) with 4000 channels and surround sound, cards, backgammon, chess, checkers are all available. The lady bartender from California is always around and ready for fun! The bar is open to all travelers no matter where you are staying!

Accommodation Information

At the front steps of Old City Hostel you will find the outdoor water pipe corner with comfortable seating, 25 flavours of water pipe, coffee, tea and of course alcoholic beverages. A great place to chill out during the afternoon! Also open to everyone. If you are staying at another hostel, swing by and visit!
What makes us different from other hostels?

- Free welcome drink
- Traditional Turkish dinner
- Key card access
- Air condition
- Outstandingly good value
- Excellent location
- Superb cleanliness
- Everyday free activities
- Games & TV lounge
- Free internet access and wi-fi
- Towels for hire
- Rooftop bar
- Water pipe lounge
- Friendly staff

Location Information

We offer the following:
- 24-hour reception!
- Walking Tours
- BBQ night
- Free Belly Dancing Shows (depending on attendance)
- Pub Crawl to Taksim and free club entrance
- Currency Exchange available at reception!
- Free linens and blankets included!
- No lock-out times or curfews!
- Wi-fi and internet access available in the common rooms!
- Free hot water 24-hours a day!
- Laundry service!
- Free tourist information and 24-hour assistance!
- Wake up service 24 Hr
- Free Hair dryer
- Free Local phone calls
- Free City map and travel info

Our travel agency can arrange all your travel needs. International-domestic flights, special city tours, dinner cruise by night, ANZAC tours (Troy & Gallipolli), Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale tours, Olympos, belly dancing show with dinner (Turkish night) and Old Turkish bath with discount.

We are a tourist hostel so locals can not book with us.

Please advise us of your arrival time

Please note that at the Old City Hostel we do like to party and have fun. We would love for you to join us, but if it is not your style perhaps booking at another hostel is a better option. But you will be missing out!

C/IN: 1.00 pm
C/OUT: 11.30 am


What's Included

What's Included

Luggage Room Free
Linen Free

Purchasable Extras

Purchasable Extras

Airport Pickup USD 22.73

Facilities

Facilities

Air Conditioning Bar
Credit cards accepted No curfew
Currency Exchange Games room
Lounge area Internet
24 hour reception Restaurant
Safety deposit 24 hour hot showers
Tours/Travel Desk

Check-In/Out Details

Earliest check-in: 13:00
Latest Check-out: 11:30

Cancellation Policy

Guests can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 1 day before arrival. Payments made to HostelBookers are non-refundable.

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