This is a beautiful old building right round the corner from the huddle and bustle. It’s on a fairly quiet street which has a small grocery shop, a couple of vintage clothes shops, trendy furniture store and some other clothes shops and cafes at the corner. Very cool, we really liked being in amongst it all.
The old building means uneven old stone steps which is beautiful to look at but not so easy to walk up…. With there being 81 steps to climb it’s important to know! I wouldn’t recommend this apartment if you are traveling with young kids (us!) or older adults as Istanbul is very hilly (beautiful old cobbled streets) so arriving home hot and exhausted and then having to make the ascent is challenging!
There is no ac in the apartment and we were staying when the temperature was 40 degrees outside so we were uncomfortable and sweaty the whole time.
Important also to note that turkey sometimes has water cuts which happened on our street the first morning we woke up. We had no idea this was a possibility and accidentally left taps on while we went out in our sweaty crazed whats going on hunt for running water. We nearly destroyed Kardelen’s apartment and we’re sorry about that!
The pillows urgently need upgrading, they are currently half empty bags of cotton balls - probably from the washing machine - but very uncomfortable to sleep on, luckily the 16,900 steps a day meant we could sleep through anything!
We were only here for 2 days but it’s clear to see there’s plenty to do in the area and would be easy to get to any of the hot tourist spots. Public transport is close in all directions and taxis are easy to get.
This place is ideal if you are youngish, active adults who don’t over pack and can carry your suitcases easily up 4 flights of steps. In the summer I’d say you’d also need to be acclimated to hot weather. (We took cold baths to cool down)