Glorious Hotel: hammam and airport shuttle in Laleli

The Glorious Hotel is an independent hotel in Laleli, Istanbul, at Ordu Cad. Yesil Tulumba Sok. No:17.

Both of Istanbul's airports lie at a similar distance: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport about 32.3 km away and Istanbul Airport about 33.1 km, in a straight line. The hotel runs an airport shuttle.

• Laleli Mosque: about 0.2 km
• Bodrum Mosque: about 0.2 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 1 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 1.9 km
• Sirkeci railway station: about 1.9 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 2.1 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 2.5 km

The hotel has five room types, and the fact that shapes all of them is the bed: each room, from the Single Room to the Family Room, is furnished with one double bed. No room type offers a second bed, so a party that needs separate beds in one room will not find one here.

The Double Room and the Single Room are the smallest at 15 m² each, and both look onto the garden. The Double Room sleeps up to 3; the Single Room sleeps up to 2. The Triple Room, at 22 m², and the Family Room, the largest at 30 m², each have a city view and a garden view. The Suite also sleeps up to 3 and has a city view.

For a couple, the 15 m² Double Room is the straightforward choice; the Single Room, at the same size with the same double bed and garden view, differs mainly in its lower sleep count. The Family Room gives the most floor space at 30 m², though it shares the single double bed of every other room, and the Triple Room sits between the two at 22 m².

The hotel has a hammam, a snack bar and deli, and a playground on site. It runs an airport shuttle for the journey to or from airports about 32 to 33 km away, but the shuttle is not an accessible one, so a traveller who needs a wheelchair-accessible transfer will have to make another arrangement.

Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 12:30. Pets are not allowed. The hotel is independent rather than part of a chain.

The Glorious Hotel suits a couple, a single traveller or a small party of up to three content to share: the 15 m² Double Room takes up to 3 people and has a garden view, and the Suite, sleeping up to 3, adds a city view. The hammam and the snack bar and deli give the stay a little more than a bed and a room.

It does not suit a group that needs more than one bed in a room, since every room type has a single double bed, including the 30 m² Family Room and the 22 m² Triple Room. Pet owners cannot bring their animals, as pets are not allowed. And a traveller who needs an accessible airport shuttle will not find one here.