Handans apartment was the perfect homebase for our trip to this wonderful, welcoming, loud and wild city. After long days of walking, exploring and talking, it was our hideaway and the kids called it "home" within the first six hours.
Communication with Handan was fast, easy and always friendly and welcoming. Allthough she and here family have been on vacation, she managed to send us a friend for a personnel check-in.
The apartment was very clean, the beds – even the sofabed which felt like a regular double bed – were very comfy, the aircondition worked perfectly and the kitchen had everything we needed. We were two adults and two kids (10,13) and had enough space for all of us.
The house is located "a stone's throw" away from the many bars and restaurants in Beyoglu, the Taksim and many tramway and bus-stations and at the same time lies in a quiet street without any noise of bars etc. at night.
We will definitly use Handans place again, when we come back to Istanbul.
Tipp for families with kids: Visit the Rahmi M. Koc Museum (kind of technical museum). It's full of old cars, airplanes, computers, trains etc - even a submarine. The perfect relief after days of old markets and mosques. ;-)