Deniz Pansiyon

Breakfast is not provided, but Deniz is located in the midst of a busy shopping district. A couple blocks away, Cypress is one of many upscale areas (which has limited early breakfast fare because Turkish shops open later), but a traditional lentil soup, kumla (tomato cheese chickpea bread sandwich), Turkish coffee or tea is available for less than 4 American dollars. One can stay quite inexpensively at Deniz -- if you look for hotel accommodations it will be triple the cost.

Breakfast is not provided. There are numerous cafes and restaurants within a hundred meters of Deniz. You can eat a pretty decent breakfast for less than $5. Deniz's location enabled me to visit several attractions within short walking distance: a train museum in the Alsancak station, a separate historic train museum (also free) next to the post office, the Ataturk museum (free), and a special exhibit of Miro of the Miro foundation's Portuguese collection (about $5 admission). One of the main shopping districts (Cypress Street) is close by. The big bazaar (hundreds of stores) is about a 10 minute light rail ride and a slightly more expensive Karsikaya (sp?) shopping district is accessible by a short 20 minute (or less) ferry ride. (I loaded an Izban card with plenty of lira, but I think that it was less than $2 for the ride).

Location was perfect, near the train station. Receptionists were helpful, nice value for money, meets basic expectations