Very enjoyable stay at Hikmet’s first floor apartment in the shoemaking district. Hikmet is a wonderful host - very welcoming and helpful. He very kindly arranged our transfers to and from the airport, and made us a beautiful breakfast one morning on the rooftop terrace. The apartment was clean, very comfortable and well equipped. Easy 10 minute walk to the Grand Bazaar in one direction, and a 10 minute walk to the Blue Mosque in the other, with the fantastic Hagia Sophia Museum and spectacular Topkapi Palace a few minutes on from that. A great selection of restaurants and a little grocery store just a minute’s walk from the apartment. We will definitely stay there again when we return to Istanbul.