I can't recommend this apartment enough! First of all, it has the perfect location -- you'll stay a single block off the Istiklal street. Personally I consider this the best area to stay in Istanbul -- Istiklal is lively, never sleeping, fun place when you can get any kind of entertainment 24/7: cheap and amazingly good food -- dozens of kinds of kebaps, baklavas and sweet in a minute walk, night clubs and bars (always crowded and lively), places to have a hike to, etc.

You'll live right off Tunel square, in a couple of blocks from the Galata Tower, Galatasaray lisesi and Taksim square. You'll also have not one but three public transit stops near you: Tunel which allows you to go downhill to Karakoy: that's how you can get to Sultanahmet with all its mosques and monuments (and crowds of annoying tourists), Karakoy Pier from which you can take a ferry to anywhere: be it asian side of Istanbul or to far-off parts of the Golden Horn and Galata Bridge where you can enjoy your (obligatory) fish sandwich. The second stop near you would be Sishane M2 subway station, on the line which can get you either to Yenikapi transport hub or to Taksim (buses to/from both airports would be there!) and onwards to Levent if you want to spend a day among skyscrapers. The third stop is the nostalgic tram stop on which you can have a slow paced romantic ride all the way to Taksim (a great idea for when you leave to the airport!).

So, the idea is: you can't get more central, everything is right near you.

The apartment itself is perfectly tidy, stylish and comfortable. Both beds are great so you'll have a perfect sleep and the living room is perfect for spending evenings laying lazily on a couch. You'll have a sat TV with a thousand of channels (mostly Turkish though) but you can have some 7th Kazakhstan goodness if you feel like it.

Shinnosuke is a definitely perfect host: our plane was late and our airport lines where long so we arrived very late -- 4 hours late -- and yet he was ready to meet us in front of the apartment and show us around. Shinnosuke also was very hospitable, checked in with us by chat to find out if we are okay and helped us greatly to get to the airport on the day of Istanbul marathon when roads where closed. We tried not to bug him that much but we could always expect him to be there and help in a matter of minutes. We are incredibly grateful to Shinnosuke for that!

Thank you very much, Shinnosuke, for accomodating our stay and making it a perfect one! We hope to stay with you again!