Yes. Hotel booking is a standalone service and a good number of our clients use only that, arranging their own flights and sightseeing. If you later want transfers or a guided day added, they can be attached to the same booking.

Sultanahmet if the old city is your priority — Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar are walkable from there. Taksim and Beyoğlu are livelier for restaurants and shopping and sit about twenty minutes from the old city by tram. Most of our Istanbul packages use hotels in the Taksim area for exactly that balance.

For most travellers, yes — staying in a room carved into the rock is part of what makes Cappadocia different from anywhere else. The detail that matters is the terrace: a valley-facing room lets you watch the balloons launch at sunrise without leaving the hotel. Those rooms are limited and go first.

Sometimes, through the contracted rates a local operator holds, and sometimes an online rate is simply cheaper. Where that is the case we will tell you. What we reliably add is judgement about which property suits your trip, and someone local to sort it out if something goes wrong on arrival.

Yes. Tell us how many adults, how many children and their ages when you enquire, and we will look specifically for family rooms, connecting rooms or a block on the same floor rather than whatever the booking engine allocates.

Usually, subject to availability and the difference in rate. Ask us as early as you can — upgrades are far easier to secure weeks ahead than on the day you arrive, especially in peak season.