These people have really saved our holiday - they were better than close friends when I had a problem with my computer (which means job) and eventually helped me out by lending very generously their netbook. And the place is lovely, our children would go out to play with cats in the morning, giving us some peace and quiet.
Although it is on the Asian side the connection is very good, and one can get to the center very quick and cheap. Yet some days we preferred to stay in the neighbourhood going through local shops, cafes, confectionaries, visiting the monday pazaar and taking in real Turkish life.
The people around are amazing, they were so genuinely eager to help that even our lack of Turkish language was not a pron\blem.
Two weeks passed as one long happy day, we consumed about annual rate of ice-cream and lemonade, didn't want to do when it was over, and hope to come again some day.