Istanbul.....WOW! It's been an overwhelming experience and unfortunately really to short. We stayed 4D/3N in Safa's apartment which rather felt like a nice and comfortable hotel/apartment with all amenities man need once traveling for a few days. The place is ideally located just a few steps of Taksim square from where all the action starts. We found this a very nice base for all we did as we like walking, we could walk from here to pretty much all highlights in historic Istanbul. One little thing, the internet was not working the entire time. However this might as well be our phones that for whatever reason did not accept the WIFI. For the rest, great, comfortable apartment for a very good price! And Safa, we only met him on the last day, was very friendly and helpful and responsive to all questions we had prior and during our stay! We will definitely be back!