The apartment was clean and had plenty of space, however, the amount of steep concrete steps that one has to juggle to gain entry to the building was terrible!
If you have baggage or a disability of sorts , young children or perhaps an older person that has knee problems then this apartment is NOT for you. If I had known about the amount of stairs and the difficulty that they pose - in my case , I have a damaged knee and also had 4 suitcases and hand luggage then I would not have picked this apartment.
The host is not forthcoming about this information and I hope after this review that she will write an honest account of the above. Furthermore the building is very old and the elevator barely fits 2 people so if you have lots of suitcases you will need to do more than one elevator trip, thought it’s worth mentioning.
The apartment is quite far from any shops so this is something else to consider. However there is a taxi rank in front of the building for trips down the hillside to Bebek and surrounding areas.
For the price, I do not think it’s worth it and personally I would not stay at this apartment again. Others may find it to be right for them but for me, never again purely because of the steep steps and the age of the site and building. One other thing to consider, if you plan to stay over the winter months, there is no gas central heating in the apartment itself, it is controlled by the janitor (whole building) therefore you have no choice in the matter, this was also a problem for us as we do not like radiators that we cannot turn on and off ourselves. Just thought I’d mention this.
Finally our family had a medical emergency and had to leave early (2 days in fact) the host was notified however there was no offer of a part refund, we thought that this was unreasonable given that a member of our family had suddenly become extremely unwell and we had to return to our home country. Just thought it would have been humane to have at least been offered this given the circumstances.