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we just checked into our room in
istanbul and it's called henna hotel
this hotel is actually brand new it just
had its soft opening in april
uh and right now it's end of may so
we're in sultanament
uh which is where like the main area of
istanbul is where you'll find the blue
mosque
um a lot of the moss around here that
the people visit or the visitors go to
and uh henna hotel is pretty close to
all that so walking distance it's in a
great location
uh but today the taxi was trying to take
us to our hotel
but the roads were closed because the
president apparently is coming to visit
so we had to like get out of the taxi
and walk about seven minutes which seven
minutes isn't bad
but when you have uh two pieces of
luggage
and going uphill somewhat stairs that
was pretty brutal
they felt really bad for us and when we
got in they offered us lemonade and
you know had to sit down and relax um
also when we originally booked a
room with two beds but it was kind of
small so we asked if there was any
bigger rooms
and they're very accommodating and
showed us all these options and rooms
and we got the biggest room uh available
which was by the courtyard which is so
lovely
so i'm gonna give you a quick tour so
right off the bat the lovely part about
this room is this
courtyard right out front of our room
and look how beautiful that is
it's just so nice
okay let's close that
so again as i mentioned it's a brand new
hotel so everything is super clean
smells really new
um up front there is the um
entrance area where they have two chairs
and a table where you can probably relax
maybe just look at the view if you would
like and i have like curtains up here
too so you can
have some privacy and then
yes so this is a triple room uh but it's
the biggest room so that's why we wanted
it because the
room with two beds it just seemed a
little too small for us so
that's why we wanted to upgrade a little
bit and over there
is the uh desk area and where you can
put your luggage
a really big tv i do like the lighting
they have here
it kind of reminds me of uh the lighting
and
the newer airplanes where they have like
different color lights
slowly come on it really illuminates the
room a pot to boil your water
lots of um a selection
of teas and coffee in this drawer i like
how they did this where
it's visible what's in the drawer i
really like this idea
how neat
oh and it's a soft closed door and then
down here
this is the fridge okay they have some
water in there
very fancy fridge there
and as i mentioned this is where we
could lay our luggage i always like
these
it looks like there's extra drawers
inside here
so you can save room yeah this is the
door too
i really like this okay
and then here is a big closet
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with uh some slippers and a big safety
box
also some hangers yes a lot of
storage and shelves in here
a couple of nights actually there's
since this is a triple room there's
three nightstands
and i believe each one has an outlet yes
they do wow this is going to be great
wait there's four nightstands one two
three four my goodness that's a lot okay
and in here is the bathroom
very modern looking um except for the
marble i feel like
turkey loves to use marble oh i love all
the counter space here
we've been lacking counter space and a
lot of the hotels i've been staying at
in turkey and this is by far
the most counter space we've had over on
the other side
is the shower wow this is really nice
and also a handheld shower there
and here is all the toiletries
um got shower gel conditioner shampoo
i also love that they provide this uh
handheld sponge
those really come in handy and that is
our room
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so i'm really looking forward to staying
here we're staying a total of four
nights which is a pretty long time for
me
also the main reason why we wanted to
stay at this hotel as well
is because they have a rooftop with a
gorgeous view
of the city and we really wanted to take
some great
photos on the rooftop somewhere in
istanbul and thought this was the
perfect place to do it
so this is the terrace the rooftop of
henna hotel
look how beautiful it is so you get two
sides to it you get the side with the
hagia sofia
and the blue mosque and then on the
other side is the
sea and then each side is decorated with
these
nice pillows and couches
and sofas this is the seaside i mean
such a beautiful view
and then you'll get some seagulls maybe
in your picture
nancy yasmine she is the best she works
here
she's been helping us she is amazing
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we got all this food this is our dinner
for tonight
and then this is our view
right at sunset time with the beautiful
colors coming in
wanted to give you an update about henna
hotel in istanbul
it was amazing um i'm going to check out
tomorrow morning kathy already left she
just left about 30 minutes ago and i
already miss her
but we both thoroughly enjoyed our stay
and i think she could agree with me when
i say that
we have never felt so welcome
in a hotel like this before i mean
the the big hearts that they all have
here the staff
is just wonderful they're all amazing
we really felt like they were our family
they were all so nice to us like we were
you know
old friends or you know distant
relatives
they always checked up on us to make
sure we were okay they were always
feeding us they have
such great homemade desserts here and
their food is excellent too their chefs
are just
like top-notch of course their staff
have just gone above and beyond to make
us feel
very welcome and the manager yeshim
um i hope i'm saying that right she let
us know that turkish people are usually
like this
you know they are very welcoming to any
foreign guests
but i just feel like this hotel went
above and beyond
what they were supposed to do i mean
they really treat their guests like
family like they made us feel like this
is our home
um i swear half the time i was in
istanbul i just
wanted to come back to the hotel and
enjoy the hotel and talk to the staff
again because it's just it's so nice
here it's
very comfortable it's so clean so i just
gotta tell you all the positives about
this place i mean i actually don't think
i have any negatives usually i have
one con for a hotel but this place has
zero and i absolutely mean it from like
truly
from the bottom of my yard this was my
favorite favorite hotel stay ever
so just wanted to go over some things
that i really liked first of all
these beds were very comfortable
out of all the beds we slept on in
turkey and we went to
several cities uh this was by far the
most comfortable beds we slept on
also the amount of outlets they provide
each um nightstand here has an outlet
with two usb
outlets as well so i was able to charge
everything at once as you can see
these are all the things that i always
charge my laptop my portable wi-fi
my camera battery um what else do i have
my phone
and then over there i have my ipad i
need to charge before i leave so yeah
always have lots of things to charge so
this is so nice
to have multiple places where i could
charge things oh yeah and over there is
my
usb charger what else i really like this
space where i can
pop on my luggage and get my stuff
easily
and you know kathy used this desk a lot
for
her work with her laptop and we did
um have some coffee and that's the pot
right there
i actually just boiled some hot water
right now and
if you want to iron an ironing board
they will come down and give you one
which they provided for us and left in
our room for our entire stay
each morning they actually cleaned our
rooms for us like really impeccably
clean
so thank you staff again for that and
here's the closet again
i used this a lot as well to store
my shoes and my extra clothes i was
going to wear
the following days the bathroom was
great
the shower especially was awesome i just
felt
so refreshed after each shower i took
the water pressure is awesome
hot water all day long and yeah i love
that they also provided
uh these scrubs here these actually
are really great and of course all their
toiletries
so yeah if you're looking for a place to
stay in istanbul
this is the place to stay at henna hotel
istanbul
and if you're staying in cappadocia they
actually have a
henna hotel in that location too and it
looks gorgeous
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