TL;DR
- sparkling clean
- tastefully decorated
- very helpful host
- very spacious apartment
- strategic location near cafes, bars, restaurants, shopping
Longer review version;
After almost 24 hours of flights/ transits/ drive to the apartment (which Julie helped to organize), we arrived at a very comfortable, spacious and stylish apartment. Julie organized our very efficient and cheap car from the airport to the apartment, I really appreciate this arrangement.
When we arrived, the driver phoned Faruk, who checked us in and showed us the apartment, despite it being almost midnight. They helped us with our luggages up two flights of stairs, which we would have only managed with really great effort because we were so tired from the journey.
The pictures don't really show how spacious everything is, but the lower floor has high ceilings, which makes it look bigger in real life. We had two WCs and bathrooms, a real luxury when travelling.
The apartment is located near the grocery store chain SOK and in 5 minutes you'll arrive at the shopping mile near Taksim Square. There are tonnes of restaurants/ bars/ cafes at your doorstep, it's just a very convenient location.
Julie was very quick in responding to all the questions that I had and eventhough it was my fault that I forgot to arrange a car back to the airport, Julie organized the pick up at 11pm the night before.
All in all, my family and I are really impressed with the apartment (it felt like a cosy home waiting for us after a day of exploring Istanbul) and Julie's organizing skills.
Thank you for making our family holiday in Istanbul a very pleasant one!