HOTELYEAR BUILT 1999 YEAR REMODELED 2001ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION BEST WESTERN HOTEL ST. SOPHIA WAS FORMERLY AN OTTOMAN MANSION BUILT FOR AHMED PASHA IN 1845. RENOVATED IN 1999, THE HOTEL IS NOW SERVING AS A SPECIAL CATEGORY HOTEL IN THE OLD CITY. BEST WESTERN HOTEL ST. SOPHIA IS NEXT TO ST. SOPHIA MUSEUM, ONLY 30 METERS AWAY FROM THE AMAZING BLUE MOSQUE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM UNDERGROUND CISTERN AND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE HISTORICAL PLACES SUCH AS HAGIA IRINI MUSEUM, ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM, TOPKAPI PALACE AND NATIONAL GULHANE PARK. FROM THE BALCONY, YOU CAN ENJOY THE VIEW OF HISTORICAL ST. SOPHIA MUSEUM, TOPKAPI PALACE, BLUE MOSQUE AND OTHER ANCIENT PLACES. BEST WESTERN HOTEL ST. SOPHIA IS A BOUTIQUE, SPECIAL CLASS HOTEL WHICH OFFERS HIGH QUALITY SERVICE.