Amida Family apart: aparthotel with family suites

Amida Family apart is an aparthotel at 10 Şair Sermet Sokak, Istanbul, postcode 34130. Its position is best described by straight-line distances: Little Hagia Sophia and the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha I Mosque are each about 0.4 km away, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 0.8 km, Hagia Sophia about 1.2 km, the Süleymaniye Mosque about 1.4 km, Sirkeci railway station about 1.5 km and Topkapı Palace about 1.8 km.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 31 km away, in a straight line.

The seven room types span a wide range. At one end is the Small Single Room: 10 m², one twin bed, sleeping up to 1, with a street view. It is a room for one traveller who plans to be out all day. At the other end is the Family Suite: 30 m², with a super-king bed and two twin beds, and a garden view. No sleep count is given for it, but its three beds across two sleeping arrangements make it the room a family with children would take, and children are allowed at the hotel.

Between these sit five doubles and triples. The Deluxe Double Room (15 m², one queen bed, sleeps up to 3, garden view) and the Deluxe Double Room with Sea View (17 m², one super-king bed, sleeps up to 3, sea view) suit a couple, or three at a squeeze given the sleep count of 3. The Large Double Room offers 20 m² with one double bed, sleeps up to 3 and looks onto the street. Two 25 m² triples complete the range: the Deluxe Triple Room with a super-king bed and a twin bed, and the Luxury Triple Room with a double bed and a twin bed, both with garden views. For three adults who want separate beds, the triples are the natural choice.

Views differ by type: garden views in the Family Suite, both deluxe doubles and both triples; street views in the Small Single Room and the Large Double Room; a sea view only in the Deluxe Double Room with Sea View.

As an aparthotel, the property is built around family rooms rather than a single standard unit. An airport shuttle is available for a fee, with pick-up and drop-off both offered, and parking is paid, with valet parking among the parking arrangements.

What the property concentrates on instead is the room itself and the practical services around arrival and departure.

Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 11:00. Children are allowed. Parking is paid, so a traveller arriving by car should budget for that rather than assume it is included. The property is non-smoking throughout, with a designated smoking area provided, and check-in and check-out can be done contactless.

Amida Family apart suits families and small groups who want beds for everyone in one room: the Family Suite with its three beds is the clearest case, and the triples work for three adults. It also suits a solo traveller on a budget of space, with the Small Single Room, and couples who mainly need a well-placed bed rather than hotel amenities.

The hotel's list of facilities names no pool, spa or restaurant. Nor does it suit someone who expects free parking or a free airport transfer; both are paid here. The smallest room is genuinely small at 10 m², so a single guest wanting space should look at the larger doubles instead.