Bro Apartments Sultanahmet: bed and breakfast, family rooms

Bro Apartments Sultanahmet is a bed and breakfast on Onur Sokak, Istanbul, postcode 34126. The landmarks around it sit close together: measured in a straight line, the nearest, the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, is about 0.3 km away, and none of the major monuments is farther than about 1.6 km.

Sirkeci railway station is about 1.2 km away, in a straight line, the same distance as Süleymaniye Mosque; Topkapı Palace, at about 1.6 km, is the farthest of the landmarks from the door. The one long leg of a stay is the airport: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 31 km away. Parking at the hotel is paid.

• Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque: about 0.3 km, in a straight line.
• Little Hagia Sophia: about 0.5 km.
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 0.7 km.
• Hagia Sophia: about 1 km.
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 1.2 km.
• Topkapı Palace: about 1.6 km.

There is no room choice to weigh up: the hotel has a single room type, the Double Room, and every booking is for it. Whatever the party, the only question is how many people the one room holds, not which room to choose. The room measures 25 m², has a city view, and holds two twin beds. The beds are twins rather than one double, so a couple should expect two separate beds rather than a shared one.

The room sleeps up to 3, and children are allowed, so it takes a couple with one child or three adults travelling together. At 25 m², three people is snug and two is roomy; the arrangement suits a short city stay where the room is for sleeping, not for spending the day.

Check-in opens at 15:00 and the latest check-in is 23:30, so an arrival after that hour cannot be checked in under these times, worth knowing with a late flight into Sabiha Gökçen. Check-out runs until 12:00, which leaves a full morning before departure.

• Children: allowed.
• Parking: paid.
• Airport shuttle: paid.

The landmarks sit within about 1.6 km in a straight line, the paid airport shuttle handles the one long transfer, and paid parking covers drivers. Check-in until 23:30 and check-out at 12:00 give a workable rhythm for a two- or three-night stay.

It does not suit larger groups. With one room type sleeping up to 3, a party of four or more cannot be accommodated, and there is no second room type to pair with the Double Room. Travellers who want hotel-scale facilities such as a pool or a restaurant will find that the hotel's list of facilities names no pool or restaurant. This is a bed and breakfast built around one room, for short city stays.