I need to find a reasonable priced hotel / pension in this area. I have spent hours scouring the internet..thousands in taksim etc , but struggling to find any on the asian side I am sure someone on here can help ??

Thanks guys

Check kadikoy area..
A room was around 80-90-100 ytl 4 months ago..
Can find cheeper I guess..Depends on what you are looking for.
Not far away from uskudar.

I have no idea what the prices are but here is a list of the hotels in Kadikoy: http://www.kenthaber.com/Firmalar.aspx?FaaliyetAlani=7&İlceKodu=9903

I live in Feneryolu, Kadiköy. If you want the sea view and wish to be close to the crowd look for hotels at Kadikoy Rihtim (harbour). I saw a boarding house in Fenerbahce on Trudy's list which may be interesting. (Pansiyon means boarding house).

Fenerbahce is a very pleasant place to spend time. It has a nice coast. It is mostly a residential area and it is a lot calmer than the European side. If you are a barfly, the bars and pubs in Bahariye, Kadikoy in walking distance. If you walk to Bagdad street (probably the nicest street in Istanbul with lots of fashion stores etc.) you can hail a dolmus to Taksim. If you are not doing that in the rush hour, you will be in Taksim in 15-20 minutes. There is of course Beyoglu there and all the night life.

Six kilometers or so to the East from Feneryolu, there is Bostanci. There you can take a boat to the Prince Islands. It is an archepelago consisting of 9 islands (5 larger and 4 very small ones). The trip takes 40 minutes or so (depends on the boat). You could rent a bcycle on the islands. It is very pleasant especially in the spring. There are also many beautiful mansions and nice looking old buildings there.

If you go to Buyukada drink a glass of tea at Madam's Café to the left of the pier and go to the bcycle rent shops 200 meters up from the main street just after the little clock tower. After pedalling a while you will see a square with many horse carts parking on one side of it. You will see a very steep road climbing all the way up to the highest point of the island. That point is called Aya Yorgi (Hagia Gheorghi). There is an old church up there. In the back of the church there is an open air restaurant. There you can see the sea in all directions. The view is breath taking. Wait until the sun set if you have time. Order meatballs (if you are not a vegeterian) and a glass of the monk's wine as they call it. (Actually the wine is brought from Bozcaada which is another island in the Aegean).

When you are back to Feneryolu, take a taxi to Camlica and don't forget to bring along your camera. You can take postcard like photos of Istanbul and Bosphorus from Camlica tepesi which is one of the highest points in Istanbul.

How you became a fan of cimbom living in such a sacred place, vineyards?

The first time I began to hate Fenerbahce fans was back in the 80's. I used live on Bahariye street then (there was vehicle traffic on it then) The hooligans would block the traffic, rock the public buses lining up on either sides of them and forcibly kiss the girls passing by. I detested this attitude of theirs and decided that I would have no business with them whatsoever.

There are also reasons to why I became a Galatasaray fan. One of the reasons was Jupp Derwall and the rest is a long story.

All hooligans of clubs are the same, because of this their name is holigan/fanatic . I think you like to be oppositional . I envy you living in wonderful place of İstanbul. Anyway good night…

Buyukada and Camlica are wonderful places to visit. Old memories pop up! Biking on the island of Buyukada can be great fun too.

Remember the slogans of the two clubs?

Galatasaray: Die for you!
Fenerbahce : Kill for you!

Thanks for the futbol debate
But I really need some names of pensions or cheap hotels. I kissed a fener fan, a besiktas fan, and a galatasary fan (!) where does that put me in this debate

Thanks for the detail of the area..I have done the Taksim bit, and wanted to try a different area

Jools

the only good hotel i know in uskudar is Sözbir Hotel i think...

it is a bit luxurous but worth...

http://www.sozbirroyalresidence.com/eng/index.asp


sorry didnt see the cheap bit lol... here is a link for you

http://www.istanbulshotels.com/Kadikoy-hotels.htm

WOW WOW
But maybe a bit pricey I wanted to shop shop shop so needed the money for that rather than luxury..but what a place for a honeymoon !!

Did you check out Trudy's list and my lengthy comment that developed around a boarding house in Fenerbahce?

http://www.silkroadhotels.com/adenhotel.htm
aden
It is around 60 Euros.
I had to stay there 4 months ago and it was nice.
I visited 6-7 hotels on that street. Price was almost the same with +-10 euros.
I think you could find cheeper hotels at the back streets around 35-40 euros. I think somebody from that area can find them out for you.
They are all connected, they all know other hotels around. If you phone aden hotel for example and ask for cheaper hotel tel numbers, they will help you.

I did check Trudys list..its great but I couldnt see how to access the various hotels websites

Thanks for all your help ..you've been great

Jools

Thank you everyone for your help.

I wonder why there are so few pensions / hotels on this side , as it is quite near to the airport which charter flights are pushing foward now !

Jools