What an amazing place! My room was perfect and really stylish. The design and decorational touches are great and it is a very comfortable and well thought-out space to be in! Also, the hosts are very helpful, very reponsive and amazing to communicate with for anything you might need. Really Top Notch accommodation and hospitality. Being a host myself, I can see the love and care that has gone into this and I would very highly recommend this as a place to stay! We were a small group of (respectful) travellers and booked the whole building for our group. It has been an unforgetable experience staying here! The building is beautiful, easily accessible and in a great location in Besiktas! Many great places for a bite or a drink are a step away and the vibe of this extended neighbourhood is fantastic! (Two of my favourite breakfast spots are 2 minutes away on foot and a proper Turkish breakfast in Istanbul is not to be missed!) I love being in this area because it allows easy access to many other places around too, whether you enjoy walking or by commute. You can walk to the fashionable Akaretler for drinks and great food in 5 minutes and if you are a walker like me, a longer 25 minute walk the upscale Nisantasi too. The mini bus taxi service that you can take to Taksim is a 5 minute walk away from this accommodation. I always take that (maximum 10' ride) to arrive in Taksim and then walk down through the Istiklal walkway to Pera or to amazing Galata and then down to Karaköy (from where I either take the tram or a taxi back 'home'). Also, from this accommodation, it is a beautiful 15 minute walk to Dolmabahce palace and a 5 minute walk after that to the Kabatas tram station, from where you can take a 10' minute ride into Eminonu and spend all day walking and exploring through the spice market into Sultanahmet, for sightseeing and taking in the amazing history of Istanbul. Agia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Basilica Cistern,...the list goes on...shopping at the Grand Bazaar ... a short ride to the Orthodox Patriarchy and the beautiful surrounding neighbourhood... Also, a 10 minute walk from this accommodation, there is a dock from where you can take a boat ride for a wonderful trip of the Bosphorus or a water taxi ride over to Kadiköy (for excellent speciality / music and other shopping and a great eating and drinking scene all day and at night). The taxi ride back from Kadiköy would be a 15 to 20 minute affair depending on traffic. Also, from this accommodation, you could walk (25') or take a taxi to Örtaköy, another beautiful neighbourhood on the water. There is more and more you can do by taking advantage of this amazing location in Besiktas.... And most importantly, you will always, definitely feel at home everytime you return back from an amazing day out...