No matter how fabulous the destination in the end it is the people who make the holiday - Dodo went above and beyond to make our holiday and my birthday memorable! From the beginning he was so helpful and responsive and when we arrived, we absolutely loved his place, which was fantastically situated in a really cool area close to all the main tourist attractions but far enough away to have a real sense of neighborhood. Dodo spent an evening showing us around early in our trip and this was great - we got to experience places we would not easily have found by ourselves - more local and authentic... my teens became locals at Mavra coffee shop and we all left in love with beautiful Istanbul. Finally a special thank you to Dodo for my delicious birthday cake which was voted the best cake ever eaten by my family - just another example of how he went out of his way to make it a special stay for us. I will recommend Dodo’s nests to anyone going to Istanbul and will certainly stay with him again if I come back to Turkey.