Lovely modern apartment with lots of room and space to spend time in. Beautiful views of the sea from the front of the apartment. The apartment has 3 bedrooms downstairs one with an en suite, one with a cot and one with 2 single beds. Upstairs there are 2 smaller bedrooms with 2 single beds. 2 large sofa in the living room with a dining table aswel as full equipped kitchen with a table there too and lots of cupboard space with plates, pans, cutlery, glasses etc.
There was only wardrobes in the en suite bedroom so most of the family was living out of a suitcase which wasn’t a problem but just something to know.
The doorbell to the front of the building seems to go off in the whole building so if you are not expecting a visit then you get to just ignore the bell. It never went off late at night so never caused any bother for us.
There is a wardrobe as soon as you open the door please remember to put your outside shoes in there and don’t leave them outside. The hosts have also left lots of slippers so you can wear inside the house.
Washing machine and dishwasher also available, outdoor balcony at the top of the apartment which is huge, unfortunately we didn’t have great weather so never got to use it but would be a fantastic asset to the apartment in hotter days. There are lots of dogs around some are chained up but some walk free they are friendly and just want a stroke so don’t be scared, we made some fur friends :-)
Good and quiet location with nice shops locally including patisserie, beauty salon, barbers, supermarket, liquor store and a couple of restaurants. About a 15 minute walk to the local town centre with lots more shops and amenities.
If you are visiting central Istanbul I would recommend using the metro bus as the traffic is constant so will take double the time if driving/using taxi.
We visited marmara park which is about 10/15 mins in a taxi which has all your high street shops and restaurants. We also visited Torium and Perlavista shopping malls but Marmara Park was our favourite.
Agree the taxi fee before you get in, some taxi drivers are ok but the majority tell you a few double what’s on the meter. It is also quite difficult to get a taxi from the main road so I would either leave in plenty of time, call one or walk to the local town centre.
All in all our time was to spend time with family who we hadn’t seen in 15 years, the apartment was big enough for 7 of us to sit together throughout the day/evening and it was perfect for that purpose.
The hosts were extremely responsive, if there was any questions or problems they would respond instantly. I cannot fault them, we had severe delays on our arrival due to snow and they waited for us to show us around the home and from that moment they were the perfect hosts even contacting people on our behalf to communicate with us. Couldn’t praise them enough, thank you so much! I would definitely visit again ❤️