Name: Aprilis Gold Hotel
Address: Emin Sinan Mah.Emin Sinan Hamam Sk, 5, Sultanahmet /istanbul, 34126, TR

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2026

Maria

Great location, walking distance to all major tourist attractions! Clean hotel, helpful staff, good breakfast!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2025

Sesha

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Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2025

Harish Chikkanayakanahalli

Very clean and nice hotel, close to all tourist attractions. Tram is 5 mins walk away.
Plenty of eateries around.
Staff were very helpful.
Breakfast options are a bit limited though.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2024

Sonja

The staff was really helpful and pleasant. We enjoyed our time there very much. Excellent breakfast. Reasonable rates. Highly recommended!

Business Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2024

Christine

The LOCATION of Aprillis Gold, emersed in history!

We were fortunate to be in Istanbul both pre and post touring other areas of beautiful Turkey.

The staff at this hotel are very professional, helpful with sightseeing, restaurants, transportation. I commend Smiles for easy name recollection. All the staff in housekeeping, breakfast and reception went out of thei way to make this our home during our three day stay. Wonderful.

The reservation included breakfast that offered a broad number of Turkish and European food selections. Hot soup and multiple vegetable salads were an extra bonus.

The LOCATION of Aprillis Gold emersed us in history. Just two short blocks, uphill, to the trolley. Narrow streets are closed during the daytime to cars. During daytime hours, taxi pickup is just one block downhill, or two blocks away, walk right on the street fronting the hotel.

A grocery and wine store is one block to the right, same street.

We enjoyed two meals at Glass, just across the street with colorful lights in red, yellow, and blue. Soups, meze spreads, lamb with dried fruit, vegetables sautéed in mild curry, pizza, generous wine pours. A bit pricey, excellent preparation, attentive service.

Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Underground Basicalla Cistern, Muslim Art Museum on the Hippadrome walkway, Topkapi Castle complex, Museum of Mathematics and Science are all nearby. The Spice Market and Grand Bazaar are each about 15 minutes away.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2024

Mushumi Hossain

Very friendly and convenient. Had a lovely time during our stay. Staff always helpful

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2024

Shafqat

Convenient location, breakfast good, staff very helpful.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

The location is excellent for visiting historic İstanbul, with easy access to the tram and walking distance from major Byzantine and Ottoman monuments. The breakfast was good and the room was clean with powerful AC for a hot, humid summer visit.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2024

Paula

Great hotel

Great hotel in a fantastic location with lots of shops and restaurants within walking distance. Great service.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

07 Feb 2024

Seema

It was average

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2023

Diane

The staff were extremely helpful and were always willing to assist with whatever queries or questions we asked.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2023

Christopher

Great Hotel

the hotel is in an excellent position for getting to the most popular tourist attractions
The staff are very efficient and accomodating and the breakfast is more than adequate
The only downside is that there is some traffic noise but don't let that put you off

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2023

Farhan

Beautiful city, Great people, Clean hotel

Extremely positive experience. We got an upgrade without expecting/asking for one. The entire staff was very courteous and friendly. We had coffee with Ismael who was extremely helpful in not just meeting all our needs but also in suggesting places to visit and arranging transportation. Would definitely stay at again if we go to Istanbul.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2023

Verified traveler

Good

Very good, in a nice, quieter part of İstanbul. (Please note, İstanbul is not quite, but this area is not as busy as other parts).

The hotel is opposite a cargo shop. And they start making noise from
7am.

Hotel is in a great location, within walking distance of all the sites. The roads outside are not flat. So not wheelchair or pushchair friendly.

We had 3 rooms. The safe in one didn’t work and the a/c in a different one didn’t work. The hotel resolved the issues by the second day.

Breakfast is small, but nice. It’s a Turkish breakfast, with cooked eggs charged extra (5euros).

Spa is quite expensive. 70euros for 1 hour hammam.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2022

Rehana

Excellent location, close to all tourist attractions. Nice clean rooms, friendly staff, especially Murat, ishmail and Al Mattin. Would definitely recommend!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

21 Nov 2021

kwok

Location is minutes walk away from trams and main high Street where the shops and some tourist sites were based

Staff were helpful and friendly throughout our stay, Murat and Mr Alatt helped with registering our Istanbul Card for travel, ordering taxi and general support for every day tourist.

Rooms were clean and tidy

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Oct 2021

Mohammed

Overall good stay

Everything was good. Rabia the receptionist was very helpful the only suggestion is to provide free water and add more to breakfast menu. Also there was no blanket or duvet only a thin bedsheet was provided which was not enough

Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Good hotel

It was amazing and the staff were sooo friendly and welcoming. The location is perfect.

Partner

4/10

Poor

12 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Unfortunately we stay 8 night there, they give us not the same room we booked, 2 beds instead of one king bed with my wife. However they make us trouple at the 1st day, they said its fully booked and you cant stay here for the 1st night after negotiation they send us to other hotel from their groups, we got a stupid small room with no windows.
I have to announce they didnot change the breakfast varieties 6 days the same except the last 2 days of my checkout they add different foods.
Honestly, it was the first bad lucky hotel in istanbul. The hotel should be rated no more than 6/10 ONLY.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

28 Sep 2019

Andrea

I did my reservation to Aprilis Gold Hotel and then they made us walk to Aprilis Hotel. The location is not the best.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Sep 2019

Ahmed

Very good at the price and near to all sites.

Our stay at Aprilis Gold was very good and we were very satisfied with the staff, especially Ebrahim. However one cupboard door was jammed and it took them three days to repair. The shower could do with a stand for soap, shampoo and other bath paraphenelia. The breakfast was palatable and filling. The wake up call was made by a knock on the door instead of a simple telephone call. The room was a bit small without much walking space. The price was good and we may use it again. There was a simple to use safe in the room and there was a time that the beds were not made up as the press button instruction to staff was not functional and we had to leave instructions at the desk to clean up the room.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Clean hotel. Excellent service from staff.

Excellent location. 2 blocks to tram station. Walking distance to grand bazaar and blue mosque.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

great service and friendly staff, Ferhan, Ibrahim, Kadir, Alattin, Tharjan always promptly give advise and help. hotel is just walking distance to historical sites and tram station. many eating options nearby. breakfast was good with different variety over my stay

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2018

Mazyad

Nice hotel and close to everything

Very nice and friendly staff. Hotel location is very convenient. Hotle room is very clean. I do recommend it especially the connected rooms for families

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2018

Wajahat

Everything was amazing, the staff, service, breakfast, room!

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

Excellent experience, nice and clean very welcoming staff. DO not book dinner cruise from the hotel is a bit over priced

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2017

OMAR

Omar

Pros:
Very clean (only 2-3 year old hotel). Good location, has quadruple room and connecting room which are very convenience for a family. A few minutes walk to Grand Bazaar, and other attractions. Umit and his colleagues at the front desk were very nice and friendly. Umit provided me with all information I needed and called taxi for me several times and offered me affordable and competitive local trips to resorts inside/outside Istanbul.
Cons:
wifi, was not that good.
Since its small hotel (only 28 rooms) there is no guarantee getting the room you desire!

Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jun 2017

Mirlin

Excellent location to experience the culture

Great location.
Within walking distance to the grand bazaar and blue mosque.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2016

Mark

Great Hotel, Great Service, Great Staff

I had several business meetings in Istanbul and this hotel was the hub of our meetings. Prior to the meetings my wife joined me and the hotel was so pleasant, nicely furnished, roomy, and easy to get to ATM and tram line.

The hotel also has a contract with a local restaurant to bring in your lunch and the staff was so kind to set up the breakfast room for the lunch meetings.

It is a bit noisy outside, but the hotel is equipped with very sound-proof windows. We were on the corner of two streets and it was very quiet inside.

They rate an A+

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2016

Mark

A Hidden Gem near the great Museums

The hotel is on an \"off street\" but actually is just 1.5 blocked to the Tram stop and from there you an get all over the city or connect to the underground metro.

8/10

Excellent

11 Feb 2016

Hassane

We thought they had free shuttle to and from the airport but they did not.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Great stay. Nice clean hotel in good location. Slightly uphill walk (100 yds) to tram stop.

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2015

Mina

Birthday Holiday!

We booked this hotel after reading the very good reviews and seeing the pictures, however everyone failed to mention there is a huge construction site right outside the hotel! The hotel itself is lovely and the staff are very helpful especially Gurkan! Thanks for all your help and the amazing birthday cake!! The location is fabulous, walking distance to all the main attractions and restaurants. For the birthday celebration we went to a restaurant and club called Reina! Don't miss this...its epic and everyone should check it out! Its located on the Bosphorous open air...simply stunning! Great hotel great staff...just unfortunate to have the construction work going on!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2015

Verified traveler

Loved it

Staff were absolutely wonderful and super friendly and willing to help. Location was great, close to everything we needed. Only negative would be the construction going on was noisy and we could smell smoke coming from other rooms despite the hotel being non smoking but thats not really the hotels fault.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2025

Jieun

Good

10/10

Exceptional

07 May 2023

aziz

Hébergement a proximité de tous(tram ,ieu touriste...),le seul point negatif est que la salle du breakfast est petite, mais le personnel est tres agréable ,souriant.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2023

Friedrich

Könnte nicht besser sein.

Lage top.
Staff freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Zimmer sehr sauber.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2022

Esmeralda

Buena ubicación. Buen servicio

Hotel muy bien ubicado. Personal muy amable. Instalaciones correctas y limpias.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2022

Verified traveler

Hotel centrale molto comodo con personale gentile

Hotel in ottima posizione, centrale a tutte le principali attrazioni. Personale molto disponibile e cordiale, unica pecca non usano il lenzuolo ma solo una specie di coperta senza nulla d'altro. La prossima volta mi prenderei su le lenzuola :-)

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2020

Menderes

Tercih edebilirsiniz

Güzel bir otel, yeri çok merkezi. Ufak bir lobisi var, odaları keyifli.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Posizione e pulizia eccellente personale cordiale colazione poco adatta agli italiani da consigliare

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2019

Miloud

Very clean hotel, near all tourist sites and steps

Very clean hotel, near all tourist sites and markets
Exellent services of the team especially: Alaattin GÜMÜS and Altan Berdan IRMAK

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2019

Miloud

Excellent hotel with excellent service
1000 thanks for all staffs of the hotel: specially

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

beliggenhedmæssigt ligger hotellet perfekt.

Personalet er rigtig søde, venlige samt hjælpsomme.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2018

Arife

Ein tolles Hotel sehr sauber und super nettes Team.
Gerne wieder

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2018

hanan

Super séjour à refaire

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2018

Михаил

Выбор этого отеля полностью себя оправдал.

Хороший отель в самом центре города. Квартал до остановки трамвая и 5 минут до Голубой Мечети. Хороший завтрак, чистый и уютный номер, супер персонал. Единственное что не понравилось - слабая звукоизоляция.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2018

Verified traveler

Il personale si fa in quattro per aiutare gli ospiti. La distanza dal centro è minima: l'hotel si trova a 100 metri dal corso principale. Le camere sono silenziose e non manca nulla.
La prima notte ho dovuto soggiornare in un hotel della stessa catena per un problema idraulico alla camera, ma il personale ha fatto di tutto per minimizzare il disagio.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2018

Hasan Emrah

Herşey mükemmel

Konum olarak harika . oda rahat ve yeterli (3 kişilik oda) . Çok memnun kaldım . Alaattin beye ilgisinden dolayı teşekkür ederim bizi iyi ağırladılar . Tekrar yolum düşerse güvenle tercih ederim . Otopark sıkıntısı dışında bir olumsuzluk yaşamadım . Bölge yapısı itibari ile otopark yetersiz sokaklar dar .

Family

4/10

Poor

17 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Du ser ein ting å får annet, total tap av penger.

Dette hotell vil jeg ikke bo gratis i, helt forferdelig og blir velkommen med at din reservasjon var for igår nå e hotell helt full. Ringte dem får å gi beskjed at jeg kommer til å blir forseint kommer etter kl 00.00 men fikk jeg snakke med noen som snakket arabisk med meg, som jeg ikke forstår.