The highlight of our 1 month stay in Istanbul is this tiny and comfy space me and my cousin called home away from home.
The hosts are superb. Tuğba and Aytaç and Suleiman are very attentive, hospitable and easy to communicate with as we did asked a lot of inquiries/advice and made many requests before and during our stay. We also requested airport transfers and home PCR test service from them.
The location is the main reason we chose this place and we weren't dissapointed. Nearby bakeries, restaurants, cafes, butchers, fresh produce stalls, and grocery shops. There's a pharmacy just behind this building. Easy access to public transport with bus stops and T5 tramway (use moovit apps). Perfect location for us!
The unit itself (unit #5) is on the 3rd level. It is indeed a small open layout with kitchen, living and dining(our workspace) I guess about 250 square feet. But just perfect for the 2 of us because it has large window that we would open the curtain so it made the space bigger and open the window for the cool breeze. It has all the stuffs we need: fully equipped kitchen (we did bought our own pots to bring back home as we are heavy cooker), refrigerator and washing machine. The double bed is comfy. The bedding and towels were changed and house is cleaned weekly for free as we stayed for over 2weeks.
The surrounding of this building is so local and rustic. We would just peep out our heads from the window when simit sellers on cart and produce sellers on van called on their customers or during the echo of the call of prayers, watching neighbors hanging out their clothes or talking to each other...we found these so fascinating. Saying these the place is not noisy at all...it is actually a quiet and safe street.
Thanks for the memories....We would love to come back to this place the next time we plan our turkey trip!