Our trip to Istanbul was amazing, it was our first time in the city and everything was perfect. The booking of this apartment was very late due to another Airbnb host cancelling last minute. From the very first time I contacted Ugur (our host), he was very polite and informative. When we arrived at the airport he had arranged for us to be picked up and taken to the apartment. As soon as we got there, Ugur was waiting for us even though it was very late due to our flight being delayed and then being held up by Turkish immigration.

Ugur was very organised and knew how to be the perfect host. He had provided us with a turkish mobile phone with credit, tram and bus cards, map of the city, fresh fruit, coffee, tea, milk, water etc. Ugur also provided free transfer from the airport. This was very nice of him and was complete unexpected, he defiantly went above and beyond our expectations to ensure we have a comfortable stay.

The apartment is just as good as shown in the pictures, if not better. Contrary to google maps, it is actually a lot closer to the main sites (it only took us around 3 minutes to walk to the blue mosque). The apartment was very clean and tidy and house keeping was provided once every two days. Towels were also provided and changed when house keeping came.

The neighbourhood is nice and quite in the evenings but still within a couple of minutes walk to shops and restaurants. There is a very friendly connivance store opposite the apartment which pretty much sells everything.

Check out was at 11am, but Ugur still gave us more time to ensure we was not rushing and was comfortable.

All in all, it was a very comfortable stay which was made better by the host, we could not have asked for a better experience. If I ever go back to Istanbul I will defiantly be staying at this apartment again!