Istanbul Airport Hotels: IST and Sabiha Gökçen (2026)

Both Istanbul airports have a hotel you can walk to. At Istanbul Airport (IST) the YOTEL is inside the terminal, with one part before security and one airside for international passengers. At Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) the airport hotel is a five-minute walk from the terminal. They suit a layover or an early flight. For a city stay, sleep in town: a taxi from IST to Sultanahmet costs about €44.3 (₺2,468), and from SAW to Taksim about €44.3 (₺2,468).

Sleeping inside Istanbul Airport (IST)

YOTEL runs two hotels in the IST terminal, 451 rooms between them, booked by the hour or overnight.

• YOTEL landside is on the Departures floor in the domestic zone, before security, and anyone can book it. Hourly stays have a four-hour minimum and run from 04:00 to 23:59, with check-out before midnight.
• YOTELAIR airside needs a valid boarding pass for an international flight. Connecting between two international flights, you stay in the transit zone and do not pass passport control; arriving from the city or on a domestic flight, you clear passport control first. The same four-hour minimum applies, and an overnight stay from 18:00 to 11:00 is sold at a single rate.

There are cheaper ways to rest airside. The iGA Sleepod at the international D gates has 44 sleeping cabins charged by the hour, from €17.50 an hour between 07:00 and 19:00 to €30 between 23:00 and 03:00, VAT included. The airport also has free Napzone areas in several parts of the terminal, and YOTELAIR rest cabins opposite the iGA Lounge that can only be booked on the spot.

Outside the terminal, the airport lists Hilton Istanbul Airport among its accommodation options. Further out in Arnavutköy there are chain hotels such as the ibis Istanbul Airport, which describes itself as 10 minutes from the airport and runs an on-call shuttle for an extra fee.

Sleeping at Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)

The Sabiha Gökçen Airport Hotel has 128 rooms on four floors and is a five-minute walk from the terminal exit, according to the airport. After passport control, on the mezzanine level, Kepler Sleep Cabins rent 42 single cabins and five family rooms by the hour, paid at self-service kiosks.

Kurtköy, one stop before the airport on the M4 metro, has more hotels. ibis Styles Kurtköy is 2 km from the airport, a three-minute drive and ten minutes' walk from the M4, and Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Asia Airport is 2.5 km away, both by their own descriptions. Pendik is 12 km from the airport by the airport's count.

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What getting into the city costs

IST is on the European side of the Bosphorus and SAW on the Asian side. From IST a taxi costs about €44.3 (₺2,468) to Sultanahmet and €37.4 (₺2,085) to Taksim, and a pre-booked transfer to Sultanahmet is €42–55. From SAW, Taksim is 50 km by the airport's count and a taxi costs about €44.3 (₺2,468), while Kadıköy is about €35.7 (₺1,989). The M4 metro runs from SAW to Kadıköy in 52 minutes, with trains every five minutes at peak times. Our IST or SAW guide compares the two airports in more detail.

Booking a hotel in Turkey from abroad

Booking.com stopped accepting hotel reservations from users inside Türkiye after a 2017 court ruling, while bookings for Turkish properties made from abroad remain available, Hürriyet Daily News reported on 6 October 2026. Book your airport hotel before you fly rather than after you land. A new law on foreign booking platforms is expected to take effect on 1 January 2027, so this may change.

Booking.com's Late Escape Deals also cover participating properties in Istanbul. Discounts start from 15% off the price before taxes and charges, for stays between 1 October 2026 and 7 January 2027, booked by 7 January 2027.