This flat in Balat is a comfortable house in a real, domestic, authentic neighborhood. It is certainly easy to get anywhere from here, and you will particularly enjoy becoming part of the neighborhood. Shopkeepers will come to recognize you and welcome you; you'll learn how people live their daily lives; you'll find endless interest in the cafes that turn into auction hall/antique shops after dark. Tugba and Aytac are fine hosts. They're attentive and eager to please. Experiencing Turkey from here is so much better than staying in an international hotel where, you'll find, you can spend ten times as much to have precisely the experience you'd find in any other city. How dull is that? Stay with Tugba and Aytac instead.