I cannot recommend staying in this apartment highly enough! Not only was the flat beautiful with lots of nice touches, but Melis made sure that we really enjoyed our stay, giving excellent recommendations of what to do in Istanbul and the local area and being on hand throughout our trip if we had any issues from dealing with lost taxi drivers to booking us in at a hamman!

Galata is a great place to stay in Istanbul – the area itself is really cool with lots of little cafes and bars and shops – and you’ll be 2 minutes away from the famous tower. It’s also central enough to walk to most of the main sites within half an hour or get to them by taxi in about 5 mins. We also really enjoyed walking down to the Karakoy area (10 mins away) which has lots of good places to go out in in the evening.

The flat is exactly like it seems in the photos and the descriptions and was the perfect place to stay! (we were four girls and found it really comfortable). Melis was an absolutely fantastic host and if you do stay make sure that you follow her recommendations!