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Ranked shortlist · 10 of 189 lodging
Best lodging in Istanbul
The 10 most notable lodging in Istanbul, in rank order. The order is curation quality — how well attested and how complete each record is — not popularity, and no place on this list paid to be on it.
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1
Rodin Hostel
Katip Mustafa Çelebi Mah, Mücadele Çk. No:4
273 m from Taksim, rail
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.347, percentile 100 of 189
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2
Ibis Istanbul Sisli
Merkez Mahallesi Abide-i Hürriyet Caddesi No 179
458 m from Şişli—Mecidiyeköy, metro
listed by Microsoft and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.344, percentile 99.47 of 189
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3
Akdeniz Ozel Kiz Yurdu
Molla Gürani Cd. No:39
511 m from Aksaray, metro
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.335, percentile 98.94 of 189
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4
Second Home Hostel
Ebussuud Cd. No:19
94 m from Sirkeci railway station, rail
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.334, percentile 98.4 of 189
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5
Beyoglu Ogretmenevi
Meşrutiyet Cd. No:58
184 m from Şişhane, metro
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.333, percentile 97.87 of 189
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6
Münevver Eren Kız Öğrenci Yurdu
Akpınar Cd. No:97 D:99
339 m from Otogar, metro
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.332, percentile 97.34 of 189
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7
Erenler Hotel and Hostel
Taya Hatun Sk No:9
152 m from Sirkeci railway station, rail
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.330, percentile 96.81 of 189
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8
My Dome Academic Residence
Naci Canan Tuncer Sk. No:15
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.328, percentile 96.28 of 189
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9
Hush Hostel Lounge
Rasimpaşa Mah. Rıhtım Cad, İskele Sk. No:46
533 m from Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station, rail
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.323, percentile 95.74 of 189
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10
Pera Rasso Hotel
Orhan Adlı Apaydın Sk. No:13
214 m from Tünel, rail
listed by Meta and Overture Maps Foundation · record has a website, a phone and an address · Overture confidence 1.00 · rank score 2.322, percentile 95.21 of 189
How this list is made
Every place in this group was scored by the same model, with each term z-normalised inside the group and capped, so a famous chain cannot win by being famous everywhere. The weights, verbatim:
- attestation by independent providers
- +0.35
- record completeness (website, phone, address)
- +0.25
- Overture existence confidence
- +0.20
- Michelin designation (Wikidata, CC0)
- +0.40
- brand fame (Wikidata sitelinks)
- −0.15
- same-name chain collision
- −0.30
Curation quality, not popularity: how well attested and how complete a record is.
No licensable popularity signal; this ranks curation quality, not taste
Independent check: 5,951 places listed in Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0; validation only, never published or scored) were matched to our records by name within 250 m. Across the 5,651 that fall in groups of at least 10, the median matched place sits at percentile 73 and 24.2% are in the top decile, against 10% by chance; five families have enough anchors to report (arts, food and drink, lodging, shopping, sport), while health care (5), lifestyle services (17), travel (26) have too few and are not validated. A match needs both the guide and the catalogue to name the same place, which favours well-attested places — a term this rank itself rewards — so these are lower bounds; Michelin's 528 in-group anchors have a median percentile of 100, but that is partly circular: across the Wikivoyage matches, the 17 that also carry the designation term this rank scores sit at 99.93, against 72.55 for the 5,934 without it.
The catalogue carries no rating, review count, price or opening hours, so this file has none.
Station locations from Wikidata (CC0-1.0). Nearest station, not service: no frequency, timetable or departures.
Nobody paid for placement: no ads, no sponsored results, no ratings for sale.
Data: AllThePlaces (CC0-1.0), BrightQuery (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), DAC (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), Foursquare Open Source Places (Apache-2.0), Meta (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), Microsoft (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), PinMeTo (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), RenderSEO (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).