Sura Design Hotel and Suites: 0.3 km from Hagia Sophia

The hotel stands in Fatih, Istanbul, at Alemdar Mh., Ticarethane Sk. No:13. Topkapı Palace is about 0.8 km and the Süleymaniye Mosque about 1.3 km.

For onward travel, Sirkeci railway station is about 0.7 km away. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 30.6 km from the hotel and Istanbul Airport (IST) about 34.2 km, both in a straight line; the hotel offers airport pickup for a fee.

The rooms range from compact to genuinely spacious. The Deluxe Attic Room is the smallest at 22 m² with a queen bed, or 24 m² with two twin beds; either way it sleeps up to 3. The Deluxe Double Room with city view is 24 m² and also sleeps up to 3, while the Loft, at 29 m² with a double bed and a garden view, sleeps up to 2 and suits a couple wanting more space and a quieter outlook.

The courtyard-facing rooms, at 27 m² and 28 m², look onto the garden area; the twin version sleeps up to 3, the queen-bed double also sleeps up to 3. The Deluxe Triple Room, 30 m², pairs two twin beds with a murphy bed. The largest room is the Family Room: 32 m² with a double bed, two twin beds and a city view.

The hotel has a seasonal outdoor pool with sun loungers and umbrellas, a Turkish bath, a sauna and a snack bar and deli. The pool is seasonal, so travellers visiting outside the warm months should expect to rely on the hammam and sauna instead. There are also meeting rooms, and parking is available but with limited spaces.

Breakfast is available for a fee, and the hotel offers paid shuttles to the ferry terminal, a shopping centre and a theme park, plus a tour and ticket desk and concierge service.

Check-in runs from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00. Children are not allowed, and pets are not allowed; this is a hotel for adult travellers only. Parking is offered with limited spaces, and both self parking and valet parking are free. The property is smoke-free.

Sura Design Hotel and Suites suits adults whose priority is being close to the sights: with the Basilica Cistern about 0.2 km and Hagia Sophia about 0.3 km away in a straight line. Couples and groups of up to three adults will find a room type to fit, from a 22 m² attic room to the 32 m² Family Room, and the hammam, sauna and seasonal pool give it more than a plain bed for the night.

It is not the right choice for families: children are not allowed, whatever the Family Room's name suggests. Nor is it for travellers who want a pool they can count on year-round, since the outdoor pool is seasonal. Anyone arriving by car should note that parking has limited spaces.