Good Location, very quiet area, breakfast super, swim.pool fine and good temperature (29-30°), personal very kindly, when taxi driver will call to the hotel reception (show him tel.number) - no problem find hotel

there are so nice guys at the reception,so helpful they can inform u everything about istanbul ,like concierge.i had very nice 2 city tours.(thank you guys) hotel has agreat location and so clean. higly recommended ;)

We stayed in Sapphire from Jan 14 thru Jan 20, 2012. This hotel was recommended by my brother who had stayed there earlier. I am so glad he did. The most important requirement for a traveller is the comfort and security that he must feel when staying overseas, and we certainly felt assured in Sapphire. It did help that we were introduced to Mr Engin Evsen, the GM/owner of the hotel. He was always available to advise us of our daily intended tours/walkabouts.

Strong plus points : free wifi with excellent connectivity, nourishing and refreshing breakfast, very friendly front desk and service staff who also provided lots of advice and friendship, and a comfortable lounge-bar for night caps. Location was superb - close to tourist attractions, the tram station and our travel agent, Overseas Travel Agency. The standard room we stayed in was very clean and well appointed with a safe, electric kettle with coffee and tea satchets, minibar and wall-mounted flat screen TV. The standard room will suit a couple well.

Other facilities that impressed and surprised us included a subterranean pool and sauna/steam and massage rooms in the basement.

We look forward to another visit to Istanbul and a stay in Sapphire again during summer, when the weather is warmer.

Muruga R
Singapore

I stay for 7 days at Sapphire as partly for holidays and to attend a wedding.
The first great thing about the hotel is its location right in the middle of all great tourist attractions of the old Istanbul (Aya Sophia, Topkai etc.), but also being closely situated next to a tram station made it an excellent start point to discover the rest of the city in a quick an efficient way.
The rooms were very good, always clean and well maintained.
But most of all there service of the hotel was very good from the moment on I got my booking confirmation, arranging the airport transfer, helping me to find some rather special places in Istanbul (was on a look out for a newly opened restaurant, not yet recorded in any tour guide). The staff was very nice - which contrasted a lot with staff in many other touristy place in the rest of the city.