I'd highly recommend a stay at CasaLoBueno#2 in Istanbul. The flat has everything you'd possibly need, it's graceful, clean, 2nd floor with big windows and on a very quiet street. We went as a family - 5 adults - and the space worked very well for us. Izel is a caring and extremely helpful host who attends to queries immediately and even offered his time and insights about Istanbul, accompanying us on a visit to a mosque and the Spice Bazaar. Galata is an easygoing, creative area of Istanbul that lacks pretension -- with cafés, restaurants for all budgets, boutiques, galleries, streetside vendors, supermarkets and with easy access to public transport to take you anywhere in the city. Couldn't be better.