Can't say enough about how great the location is. We were there for 9 days and never used transit. Istiklal street and Galata tower are 5 mins away. GrandBazar, Soleymanie, Hagia Sophia are 30 minutes walk. In addition, the team is super friendly, helpful, and responsive. They helped us with to check-in and check-out at our desired time and were always responsive to whatever we asked.