Aslan Apartments: one 65 m² family suite in Sultanahmet

Aslan Apartments is an apartment building at Emin Sinan Mahallesi Satir Sokak No:5, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, postcode 34126. The figures below are straight-line distances from the building's coordinates.

The major Sultanahmet sights all fall within about 1.4 km, and the nearest of them, the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha I Mosque, is about 0.2 km away. Sirkeci railway station is about 1.1 km away, and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 30.9 km away.

• Sokollu Mehmed Pasha I Mosque: about 0.2 km, in a straight line
• Little Hagia Sophia: about 0.4 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 0.5 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 0.8 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 1.2 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 1.4 km

Aslan Apartments offers a single room type, the Family Suite, so the decision here is not between categories but how many suites to take. The suite pairs a double bed with a twin bed and a sofa bed, which makes a couple with one or two children the natural arrangement, and the hotel's family-rooms offering matches it. No maximum occupancy is published, so plan around the three beds rather than a stated headcount.

Because every room in the building follows this one layout, a larger group or two families travelling together would book two or more identical suites rather than mix room types. For a couple on their own the suite is generous at 65 m², with the twin bed and sofa bed left spare, and the sea view is common to the room type rather than tied to a particular category.

The hotel runs its own airport shuttle for a fee. This is worth weighing against the distance: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 30.9 km away in a straight line, the farthest single figure in the hotel's location. Beyond the shuttle, this is an apartment building rather than a property with a range of room categories, and the Family Suite is the whole of what it lets.

The practical rules are short and worth knowing before you commit, particularly if you are driving or bringing an animal.

• Check-in is from 15:00; check-out is until 11:00.
• Children are allowed.
• Pets are not allowed.
• The hotel has no parking.

For a family, the fit is direct: children are allowed, the only room is a 65 m² Family Suite with a double bed, a twin bed and a sofa bed, and the main sights sit close by, with the Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 0.5 km, Hagia Sophia about 0.8 km and Topkapı Palace about 1.4 km away, all in a straight line. A family that wants space rather than a choice of categories gets it here, since 65 m² is generous for a single suite.

It does not suit travellers arriving by car, as the hotel has no parking, and it does not suit anyone bringing a pet, as pets are not allowed. Anyone who wants to pick between room types, from a small double to a suite, will not find that range here: the Family Suite is the only layout the building offers, and the sea view comes with it rather than as an option.