AT the Secret Garden, an unforgettable experience. I lived in Istanbul for twelve days, the city of a thousand colors, the unforgettable flavors and the millions of faces. A lasting memory will forever remain in my mind of this city, its Mosques, its Bazaars, streets full of people, the Bosporus, the balık ekmek.. I do not think it's possible to forget the magic that, every day at every corner, it was revealed to me. It will be impossible to forget this proud people and her genuine kindness. But first of all I can never forget Elif, her Family and her beautiful home: the Secret Garden. How could I forget the reception smiling in an impossible time of the morning, the attentions, the kindness received. How could I forget the conversations and laughter. The view of the garden from balcony in those sunny, warm, days of October which accompanied my stay and who reported, more than once to me, memories kind for me of an happy childhood. At the Secret Garden I have not only found the perfect Host, I had the good Fortune and Honor to find much more than that, I found a family that welcomed me with open arms, and I was pampered and cared for. I found Friends and these will be forever. For my work, I am often traveling and I don’t like to come back or is rare that I want to come back to the same place twice, but for the Secret Garden, for Elif, for his family, for them, for Istanbul, I would do all the exceptions of the world, and I would back to the Secret Garden not one, but hundred times again. All the times that I could. In this my Airbnb experience, 5 (five) stars for everything are not enough. If I could, I'd give it, lots of more. Thanks you Elif, thank you "Anne", thank you "Baba", thanks Efe, Marte... thanks for everything and, you all may be sure that we will meet again, soon. For Who that will be lucky to live at the Secret Garden, I can only say that it is perhaps one of the best choices that you can do in Istanbul. Allibeykoy, where the house is located, is a quiet and pleasant area, well connected and easily with all the most important places of interest, and airport, there are shops for all your needs, a taxi station, a pharmacy, “Lokantas” where to eat excellent kebap. Althought if the breakfast at home, as well as the dinners, are unsurpassed and great meals with home-made products at affordable prices. Here I enjoyed several dishes of this wonderful Turkish cuisine and many of them now, that I'm back home, I miss them. Miniaturk (Turkey in miniature) is not far away, and you can get it with a nice and pleasant walk along the gardens surrounding the last final tale of the Bosphorus before the mainland. There is possible, in easy and gaming way, "visit all Turkey" in...