When visiting Turkey (or any other place, actually), it is important to be aware on where you can stay in the area. Mostly people look for hotels to stay in during their trip as it offers good services and comfortable rooms. If you are going to Istanbul, one of the best places to stay at is the Armada Hotel Sultanahmet, which is situated at the center of Istanbul’s historical peninsula. The hotel is surrounded by the ancient city walls and within its surrounding are two of the most splendid outstanding work of a creative artist in the world architecture, the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia which can be viewed from the hotel. And because of that alone, I can say that the Armada Hotel offers a radically distinctive experience to its customers.
The hotel started to operate and render services on 1994. The physical position where the hotel building was constructed was once the site of a series of row houses which were built for the marine soldiers during the reign of the famed Ottoman Admiral Hayrettin Pasha (Barbarossa) in the 16th century. When the building was reconstructed, old engravings of the houses were used as representation because the row houses themselves were completely torn down and broken up during a fire. Although reconstructed, the facade of Armada Hotel’s architecture was made with purpose and intent of depicting its original building. If you’ll visit the hotel, you will be able to distinguish that the elements of modern comfort and convenience have been cautiously fused into the historical atmosphere of the area and it can be seen both in the design of the hotel’s interiors as well as the exterior frontage.
The Armada Hotel Sultanahmet is a four-star hotel that has 110 rooms where 16 of them are interconnected while two are fully equipped for wheelchair access. Room amenities may include smoking rooms, private bathrooms, shower/tub combinations, cable TV, wireless internet access, telephone, mini bar, climate control and air conditioning. You can also ask for wake-up calls and call housekeeping to maintain the order and cleanliness of the room for you.
