The Royal Galata hotel looks beautiful. We booked in October for our April stay at $30 a night (similar to other hotels around). We immediately received a confirmation message and thought all was well until one hour before we arrived in Istanbul, when we were told the price was now going to be almost three times as much as planned and we either had to pay or find another hotel. This felt deceptive since we’d received a confirmation back when we booked and left us in a major lurch since we hadn’t planned to pay that much. We found another hotel and ended up canceling this stay, booking another hotel in the airport. The location for this hotel is great and I understand knowing your worth for a nightly rate but we didn’t stay there and it created a stressful start to a trip.