Momento Golden Horn Hotel: sea and city views in Karakoy

The Momento Golden Horn Hotel stands at Arapcami Mah, Tershane Cad No 24, in Karakoy, Istanbul, postcode 34421. It is an independent hotel, not part of any chain.

Galata Tower, the closest landmark, is about 0.3 km away; Sultan Ahmed Mosque, the farthest of these, is about 2 km. Sirkeci railway station is about 0.9 km away. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 31.4 km away, in a straight line. All of these are straight-line distances: they say how far, not how long a journey takes.

• Galata Tower: about 0.3 km
• New Mosque: about 0.7 km
• Sirkeci railway station: about 0.9 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 1.1 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 1.4 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 1.7 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 2 km

There are four room types, and every one of them has the same bed: one double bed. The Single Room, City View and the Single Room, Sea View are 20 m² and each sleeps up to one guest. The Double Room, City View and the Double Room, Sea View are 25 m² and each sleeps up to two. A guest travelling alone still gets a double bed rather than a single bed, in the smaller of the two room sizes.

Within each size, the only difference is the view: one version has a sea view, the other a city view. The bed, the square metres and the occupancy are the same either way, so the choice between them is a choice of view and nothing else. No room sleeps more than two, and no room has more than one bed, so three adults cannot share a room.

The hotel is independent. Its facilities do not include a pool, a spa or a restaurant, and they do not include an accessible airport shuttle. A traveller with reduced mobility arriving by air should note that last point in particular.

With four room types, it is a small property; the practical consequence is that room choice comes down to size and view rather than to layout or bed type. For a guest whose needs are a room, a double bed and a front desk, that may be enough. Anyone who wants a swim, a spa treatment or dinner in the hotel will not find it here, and should weigh that before choosing.

Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out is until 12:00. Children are not allowed, and pets are not allowed. Both rules are strict rather than discretionary: the hotel does not admit children or pets at all. The hotel is therefore adults-only in the strict sense, and a guest travelling with an animal cannot stay.

It suits a solo traveller, in a 20 m² single with a sea or city view, and a couple, in the 25 m² double with the same choice of view. Both room sizes have one double bed; the double is the larger room and the only one that sleeps two.

It does not suit families with children, who are not allowed; guests with pets, who are also not allowed; groups of three or more, since no room sleeps more than two; and travellers who expect a pool, a spa, a restaurant or an accessible airport shuttle, none of which the hotel's facilities include.