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Santefe Hotel

Travelers find themselves immersed in Istanbul's vibrant energy near the Grand Bazaar, where treasure hunting and ancient landmark exploration await

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Santefe Hotel in Istanbul's historic center offers comfort and practicality. Guests can visit the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, then enjoy free WiFi. Visitors praise the attentive staff, and express check-out services ensure hassle-free departures.

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
The current price is AED 87
AED 98 total
includes taxes & fees
31 Jan - 1 Feb

Room options

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Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, minibar, in-room safe

Standard Double Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(14 reviews)

Highlights

Separate sitting area
Air conditioning
LCD TV
Pillow menu
Down duvet
Egyptian cotton linens
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed
  • City view

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Superior Triple Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, minibar, in-room safe

Superior Triple Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)

Highlights

Separate sitting area
Air conditioning
LCD TV
Pillow menu
Down duvet
Egyptian cotton linens
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Standard Twin Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, minibar, in-room safe

Standard Twin Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)

Highlights

Separate sitting area
Air conditioning
LCD TV
Pillow menu
Down duvet
Egyptian cotton linens
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Economic Double Room Basement floor

Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, minibar, in-room safe

Economic Double Room Basement floor

Highlights

Separate sitting area
Air conditioning
LCD TV
Pillow menu
Down duvet
Egyptian cotton linens
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Located in Istanbul City Center, a neighborhood in Istanbul, Santefe Hotel is in a shopping district and near a metro station. Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace are cultural highlights, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Ataköy Marina and Kadıköy Port. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at Tupras Stadium or Sinan Erdem Dome. Visit our Istanbul travel guide
Map
Muhsine Hatun Mah. Ciftegelinler, Cad. No:21 Kumkapi/Fatih, Istanbul, 34130

What's nearby

  • The view from the front of the main gate of Istanbul University and Beyazıt square on a sunny spring day. Beyazit, Istanbul, Turkey
    Beyazit Square
    7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Grand Bazaar
    Grand Bazaar
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Scenic fountain at the Sultanahmet Square and the Hagia Sophia
    Sultanahmet Square
    12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Blue Mosque featuring heritage architecture, a mosque and religious elements
    Blue Mosque
    15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Hagia Sophia
    Hagia Sophia
    18 min walk - 1.6 km

Getting around

  • Istanbul Kumkapi Station
    5 min walk
  • Beyazit Station
    7 min walk
  • Istanbul Airport (IST)
    32 min drive

Restaurants

  • Hoş Seda Balık Restaurant
    2 min walk
  • Ulusoy Cafe & Pastane
    2 min walk
  • Kumkapı Tiryaki Restaurant
    1 min walk
  • Kumkapı Meyhaneleri Sokağı
    2 min walk
  • the first ottoman
    2 min walk

About this property

Santefe Hotel

Hotel near Grand Bazaar
Close to Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, Santefe Hotel provides a free grocery shopping service, a hair salon, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
Additional perks include:
  • Buffet breakfast (surcharge), express check-out, and express check-in
  • ATM/banking services, a front-desk safe, and a porter/bellhop
  • Luggage storage, a 24-hour front desk, and free newspapers
  • Guest reviews say great things about the helpful staff
Room features
All guestrooms at Santefe Hotel offer thoughtful touches such as pillow menus and air conditioning, as well as amenities like free WiFi and separate sitting areas.
Other amenities include:
  • Egyptian cotton sheets and down comforters
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • 32-inch LCD TVs with satellite channels
  • Wardrobes/closets, separate sitting areas, and electric kettles

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: EUR 5 per person

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Free grocery shopping service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Hardwood flooring in room
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 1 building
  • 6 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Built in 2015

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Down comforter
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillow menu

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: midnight
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children aged 14 and younger eat free breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 5 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Property Registration Number 2022-34-1779

We should mention

Local laws may restrict unmarried guests from sharing rooms; guests are responsible for providing proof of marriage, if requested by the property

Property is also known as

Santefe Hotel Istanbul
Santefe Istanbul
Santefe Hotel Hotel
Santefe Hotel Istanbul
Santefe Hotel Hotel Istanbul

Frequently asked questions

Is Santefe Hotel pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking?

This hotel doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Santefe Hotel?

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: midnight.

What time is check-out at Santefe Hotel?

Check-out is at noon.

Where is Santefe Hotel located?

Located in Istanbul City Center, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Beyazit Square and Grand Bazaar. Blue Mosque and Bosphorus are also within 1 mi (2 km). Beyazit Station is 7 minutes by foot and Laleli-University Station is 10 minutes.

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Reviews

Santefe Hotel Reviews

8.4

Very Good

8.4

Cleanliness

7.6

Amenities

9.0

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 82 out of 153 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 153 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 153 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 153 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 153 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Riya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean comfortable rooms. Wonderful, friendly, and kind staff. Great location in the centre of everything, walking distance to many places, easy access to trains and ferrys that go to other parts of Istanbul
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sharif

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is very centrally located. Short distance to everything, restaurant, cafe, grocery store and everything. Very nice staff, clean and nice.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Nael

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, quiet, comfortable hotel with very friendly staff
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Rabia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff has been very helpful during my stay, whether it was regarding the room or routes to certain sights. I felt quite safe and had overall a pleasant stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The staff were amazing always taking care of me they made sure I was safe and when I got into a taxi I didn't get ripped off by the taxi drivers ! Very good hotel with the simple things you need thanks for having me I'll see you again -Heidi DUDZIANIEC CANADA
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel, friendly staff, close to everything

I stayed at this hotel for a month and enjoyed it. The hotel is nice, clean, and comfortable. The staff is very kind. Once I needed help scanning and printing a document for work, and the person at the front desk was able to assist me. The front desk people go out of their way to make sure you have a good stay and give great recommendations. The hotel has a lot of restaurants, cafes, markets, and shoppes along the street and is only 10-15 minutes walking from the Grand Bazaar, closer via taxi/ Uber. The food place on the corner is 24/7, which is wonderful if you’re a night person like me. Also, easy access to the trains and ferries to get to the other parts of Istanbul. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone travelling to Istanbul!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

MUSTAFA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was accessible to public transportation and very near historical must-see places in iİstanbul. Management is very friendly.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Zaid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice area for shopping and staff are very nice
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wasim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff is very cooperative, gentle, highly recommend
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Faiaz Mohammed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice and helpful
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

ender

Very close the touristic place,many restaurants around. Friendly hotel stuff.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very welcoming!

The owner was most helpful. Very friendly and kind.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Hanna

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely hosting and good location

Customer service was good and very friendly and helpful. Location is good and everything is near but be ready to walk lot of uphills. Tram and subway are nearby. Hotel is not five star but be open minded. Yes it might need lot of updates but still we don’t travel to spend our holiday at hotel. Unfortunately bed is not suitable to long persons. And check that 3 person room is really having 3 beds. Double bed room (what they say is room for 3) doesn’t have enough space to extra beds and bed size is too small even have a toddler in same bed. Also if your room is on street side traffic sounds can be very loud.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Furkan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
· Location was amazing, transportation is easily accessible. The staff are extraordinary 👍
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rasel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Best hotel in fatih

One of the best hotel in fatih.Mr Asad and Mr Corib was very very helpful person.always greetings and smile on face.every needs they take very seriously and sort in minutes.great Bosphorus view from the roof.quiet and clean hotel.I recommend this hotel to everyone.great with family.Definitely will stay again.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing

We had a great stay here! Staff were friendly, was in a good location to all the great places to see, the room was incredibly clean! Yes the room was on the smaller side but it was comfortable and cosy. Would 100% stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thank you so much Esat and karib very nice and friendly, everything was perfect and inshallah we will come back ♥️
Stayed 9 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amr Ihab Ahmed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place, very very clean and the staff are so kind and helpful. Thank you all Also, the rooms are the same as in the pictures, even more beautiful
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Bahram

Liked: Staff & service
Small room but very clean Hallway floors equipped with light saver sensor Turns on and off alot at night So dark unless u make noise or walk I don’t understand this concept to leave hallways so dark to save electricity bill Customers comfort are matters specially for children
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Domenic

The place was clean and owner very nice.Unfortunately the room was tiny. Never saw such a room.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Muhammad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing service team

It was very nice service from the receptionist CARIB or GARIB. He helped us checking in and get the room before check in hours as we reached earlier. Hotel room was nice and tidy . Enough towels were there and got room service when we asked for it. There was small issue in the toilet but this receptionist guy fixed it instantly. Later on our check out he came on the street to help us negotiate with TAXI as taxis are often do cheat there. Thank you so much
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicoleta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had an excellent stay at this hotel. The rooms at Santefee Hotel were very clean, very comfortable beds. Mr. Esat and the staff were very kind and welcoming. The location of the hotel is very good, it is close to the Grand Bazaar and the tourist area. I strongly recommend this tutor hotel to people who want to visit Istanbul. Thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

ahmad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had an amazing experience staying at this hotel during my visit to Istanbul. The location is absolutely perfect — nestled in a vibrant area full of life, charming restaurants, and cozy cafés, all beautifully lit up in the evenings. The atmosphere is truly magical, especially at night when the streets come alive with color and energy. The reception staff were incredibly welcoming and helpful from the moment I arrived. They provided detailed information about the area, transport, and things to do, always with a smile. Their hospitality made me feel right at home. I also really appreciated the cleanliness of the hotel. I requested daily cleaning, and the housekeeping team did a fantastic job every single time. The room was always spotless and fresh when I returned from a day out exploring. Overall, this hotel exceeded my expectations. If you're looking for a comfortable, well-located, and friendly place to stay in Istanbul, I highly recommend it. I would definitely come back again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved my stay in this small but cozy hotel in Istanbul. The owner and the staff are so kind and will help you with everything you need. The room was clean, the hotel is in a central area where everything is a 15-20 min walk; there are many restaurants and small shops to buy cheap; location is excellent. Carib who works at front desk is extremely helpful and will do his best to make your stay pleasant; he can arrange airport transfert and will give you advice. If i ever come back to Istanbul i will stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024