This is a large, multiroom apartment with a good view of the pedestrian street and buildings. It is nicely remodeled and very clean, and is reasonably quiet. Hikmet is kind, friendly and helpful. It is a 10 minute walk to the Grand Bazaar and the T1 tram line (which passes by all the main sites and the 2 funiculars) and 20 minutes to the Vezneciler metro station. It is in a real neighborhood where the prices are great for restaurants, street food, grocery shopping, and other shopping. There is also a group of restaurants at a 5 street intersection where Kumkapı Hoş Seda restaurant is located. I found a good Turkish bath nearby called Tarihi Nişanca Hamamı. It was 200 TL for the bath with scrub and foam massages, and 140 TL for the optional oil massage. It is a local's bath, and was a great value, no rushing, was clean, and the employees were friendly and spoke some English. The touristy baths are more expensive, stressful, and rush you through within an hour.