Ahmet Efendi Evi

Sultanahmet


Mr Ahmet's House has an appealing home-away-from-home feel and is a great choice for those travelling with children, with a warm welcome from hostess Gönül and family. In a predominantly residential area (a rarity in Sultanahmet), its nine rooms of various sizes have modern decor; one has a terrace with views of the Blue Mosque and Sea of Marmara.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Sultanahmet attractions

1. Museum of Great Palace Mosaics

0.15 MILES

When archaeologists from the University of Ankara and Scotland's University of St Andrews excavated around the nearby Arasta Bazaar in the 1930s and 1950s…

2. Arasta Bazaar

0.15 MILES

This historic arcade of shops was once part of the külliye (mosque complex) of the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii). Mosques built by the great and…

3. Blue Mosque

0.21 MILES

İstanbul's most photogenic building was the grand project of Sultan Ahmet I (r 1603–17), whose tomb is located on the north side of the site facing…

4. Sultanahmet Archaeological Park

0.26 MILES

Excavations here have uncovered parts of the Great Palace of Byzantium. The park has been closed for restoration for almost a decade, with no signs of it…

5. Tomb of Sultan Ahmet I

0.26 MILES

The türbe (tomb) of Sultan Ahmet I, the Blue Mosque’s great patron, is on the north side of the mosque facing Sultanahmet Park. Ahmet, who had ascended to…

6. Sphendone

0.29 MILES

The only remaining built section of the Hippodrome hints at how monumental the arena was. The level of galleries that once topped this section was damaged…

7. Aya Sofya Tombs

0.29 MILES

Part of the Aya Sofya complex but entered via Babıhümayun Caddesi, these tombs are the final resting places of five 16th- and 17th-century sultans –…

8. Hippodrome

0.3 MILES

The Byzantine emperors loved nothing more than an afternoon at the chariot races, and this rectangular arena alongside Sultanahmet Park was their venue of…