Bankerhan Hotel: adults-only rooms in Karaköy, Istanbul

Bankerhan Hotel is an independent hotel on Banker Sokak No. 2 in Karaköy, Istanbul. Galata Tower is about 0.2 km away in a straight line, the New Mosque about 0.8 km, Süleymaniye Mosque about 1.2 km and Sirkeci railway station about 1 km.

Farther out lie Topkapı Palace at about 1.5 km, Hagia Sophia at about 1.8 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque at about 2.1 km, all in a straight line. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 31.4 km from the hotel and Istanbul Airport (IST) about 32.7 km.

The nine room types run from an 11 m² Single Room with one twin bed, sleeping one, up to three rooms of 25 m². For two people, the sizes step up in order: a 15 m² Double Room with a double bed, a 15 m² Double Room, Sea View with a king bed, a 17 m² Japanese Style Double Room with a double bed, an 18 m² Twin Room with two separate twin beds, and a 20 m² Corner Room with a king bed.

The three 25 m² rooms serve different needs. The Executive Room with Seaview and the Executive Room with Sea View & Private Terrace each have one king bed and sleep two, the second adding a private terrace to its sea view. The Triple Room, with a king bed and a double bed, sleeps up to four and is the only room type here that takes more than two people — and since children are not allowed, those four will all be adults.

Views divide the rooms cleanly. Three look to the sea: the 15 m² sea-view double and the two 25 m² executive rooms. The other six — the single, the standard double, the Japanese-style double, the twin, the corner and the triple — all have a city view.

Children are not allowed and pets are not allowed; every guest at the Bankerhan is an adult travelling without an animal. Check-in is from 14:30 and check-out is until 12:00.

What the room gives you — bed, size, view — is close to the whole of what you are choosing.

Solo travellers get a genuine single room rather than a double used alone, at 11 m² the smallest here but with its own city view. Couples have six two-person room types to weigh, from the 15 m² Double Room to the 25 m² executives, with a sea view on offer at both ends of that range and a private terrace at the top of it. Up to four adults travelling together can share the Triple Room.

The hotel does not suit families with children, who are not allowed, or anyone travelling with a pet, which is equally not allowed. It also does not suit a traveller who wants a pool, a spa or the amenities of a resort. If what you want is a room in Karaköy about 0.2 km from Galata Tower, in a straight line, the choice the Bankerhan asks of you is which room, not which amenities.