Piya Hostel is located in the SultanAhmet area, yet away from the noise because it is located in a quiet residential area. The staff running the hostel are simply amazing - very helpful and kind. The atmosphere is warm and is really great value for money. The place is also 5 minutes away from the beach on the Sea of... More

We spent 5 nights at the Piya hostel last week and can recommend it to everyone looking for a good price hostel in a village-like surroundings and only 10 min walk from Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia. We hade the double lux room, one in the the basement where are only two bedrooms in total. The room was spacy and... More

Before we came to Istanbul, we made a reservation for one night only and in the morning we started walking around Sultanahmet looking for a nice hostel for a decent price for the rest of our five-day stay. We checked out about 7-8 hostels. In the end, we chose Piya as it was clean, dorms offered more room than in... More

I and my lover stayed at Piya for 2 nights in november. At the beginning it seemed me to a bit nosiy beacuse of the trainstation nearby,but when ı compare it to other hostels in İstanbul,more or less you will experience some noise,and that is normal for a city of 20 million people:) We had a room on the basement... More

The hostel is small, nice and cozy. A little hard to find at first but if you go to the blue mosque area and ask around for "akbıyık jamii", the directions will lead you pretty close. from the mosque itself (right under a railway bridge) you have to turn right and walk a bit up the street until you see... More

This hostel is fine if you are after something very basic. We had a double room which would have been OK but it also had a bunk in there which made things extremely cramped. The bathroom was right next door but we were not sure it was the cleanest. Our door would get stuck and you needed to slam it... More

I have traveled and stayed in hostels around the world on many different occasions. I have met very helpful staff members at all of them, and made friends all the same. The Piya Hostel stood out from all these other hostels in that I never felt that the staff was working to make me comfortable and happy because it was... More

Yes I am aware that I stayed at a cheap hostel and wasn't expecting five star treatment, but after reading the other eight reviews, I expected more from this hostel. While I do agree with the other reviews that the hostel is clean, it needs some airing out. The 4 person room I stayed in smelled stale and old. Also,... More

I knew nothing about this place before my large group of 30 students showed up, I just expected a typical backpackers style hostel, but this place is anything but. The staff actually cares about the cliental and during our stay made sure that we hade the best experience, at the hostel and in the city. The owner even brought in... More