The family-run Birbey Hotel is situated a 5-minute walk from the Grand Bazaar and offers rooms with a satellite TV. Guests can smoke traditional water pipe in the lobby’s oriental corner.

Rooms of The Birbey are basic in style and include air conditioning and a private bathroom. Each room also has a minibar.

Before heading out into Istanbul, guests can enjoy a breakfast buffet in the restaurant. A fixed dinner menu is available in the evening.

The lobby offers a relaxing setting to watch some TV or to make use of the free Wi-Fi connection. When weather is nice, guests can sit out on the grounds and read a newspaper.

Birbey is conveniently situated, a 10-minute walk from Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque.