Apple Tree Hotel, about 0.3 km from the Blue Mosque

The Apple Tree Hotel is a hotel on Akbiyık Caddesi in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district, postcode 34122. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is about 0.3 km away in a straight line, and Hagia Sophia and the Basilica Cistern are each about 0.5 km.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 30.1 km away in a straight line. The hotel runs a paid airport shuttle, worth arranging given that distance. Sirkeci railway station is about 1.3 km away.

• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 0.3 km, in a straight line
• Hagia Sophia: about 0.5 km
• Basilica Cistern: about 0.5 km
• Hagia Irene: about 0.7 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 1.1 km
• Sirkeci railway station: about 1.3 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 1.9 km

The Standard Family Room has a queen bed, a twin bed and a sofa bed, with a courtyard view; the Family Room has a double bed and three sofa beds. Between them in size, at 35 m², the Family Room on the basement also pairs a queen bed with a twin bed and a sofa bed.

Two rooms look at the Blue Mosque: the Double Room with Blue Mosque View, 18 m² with a super-king bed and sleeping up to 3, and the Bluemosque View Double or Twin Bed Room, 16 m² with a queen bed and sleeping up to 3. The Double Room with Sea View is 16 m² with a super-king bed and sleeps up to 3. The Deluxe Double Room with Sea View is 23 m² and adds two sofa beds to a super-king bed. A Basic Room with a king bed and a beach view sleeps up to 3.

For three friends sharing, the Comfort Triple Room has three twin beds in 18 m². The Double or Twin Room offers a queen bed or two twin beds in 16 m² and sleeps up to 3. A couple wanting space without a family room has the two 23 m² options, the Deluxe Room and the Deluxe Double Room with Sea View, both pairing a large bed with two sofa beds; the sea-view one adds the view.

Views attach to specific room types, so it is worth checking the table before choosing. The Blue Mosque view comes in a 16 m² and an 18 m² room; the sea view in a 16 m² and a 23 m² room; the beach view in a basic king room; and the courtyard view belongs to the 42 m² Standard Family Room.

The view rooms sit in the middle of the size range, between the 12 m² economy double and the 42 m² family rooms. A traveller who wants both space and a view has one combination in the selection: the Standard Family Room, 42 m² with its courtyard view.

Families are the best served. Children are allowed, and three room types are family rooms: the 42 m² Standard Family Room with a queen bed, a twin bed and a sofa bed, the 42 m² Family Room with a double bed and three sofa beds, and the 35 m² Family Room on the basement with a queen bed, a twin bed and a sofa bed.

Couples and small groups also have plenty of choice, with several room types sleeping up to 3, including the economy double, the double or twin, and the Blue Mosque and sea view doubles. Three friends can take the Comfort Triple Room and its three twin beds.

Two rules rule some travellers out: pets are not allowed, and the hotel does not provide parking, so anyone arriving by car will need to sort out parking themselves.

Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out is until 12:00. Children are allowed; pets are not. There is no parking at the hotel, and the airport shuttle is paid. For arrivals at Sabiha Gökçen, about 30.1 km away in a straight line, the shuttle is the hotel's own answer to that distance.