Balikcilar Hotel

Staff, facilities (friendliness, being helpful etc.) , and cleanliness are quite good. The building is getting a bit old though. Breakfast was a feast. It is walking distance to the Mevlana Rumi's mausoleum, the Suleimaniye Mosque. P.S. This is just an additional note to visitors to the local attractions: Unfortunately, the tomb section of Rumi was closed for renovation. So was the entire mausoleum of Shams Tabriz and the palace of Sultan Aladeen Keykabut/ I was told that it will be another couple of years before these renovations will be completed. Our only aim is to visit the above 3 places and nowhere else so other visitors may need to take note that it may be not quite a central place if you have other places in mind to visit.

Not every staff speaks English so you have to be aware of that.