This apartment is beautiful, clean, spacious and well-laid out, and incredibly located. It was really amazing to walk out of the building (or go out on one of the two balconies) and be looking right at Galata Tower! It is also surrounded by conveniences - a good money exchange, a pharmacy, grocery store, a great tea & coffee spot, bakeries, restaurants, food and shops, etc. - and very close to Istiklal Caddesi (the big pedestrian mall with great people-watching, as well as some good pubs/restaurants/nargile bars off the side alleys). We could easily walk down and over the bridge to get over to the other major sites, too (e.g., approx. 30 min walk to the Grand Bazaar and the Blue Mosque).

We didn't meet Nadira, but communication with her was fantastic - she even provided us a note in Turkish to give to the cab driver to help make sure we arrived safely and easily (though really you just have to say Galata Tower and you should be good!). We did meet Deniz, who was so nice and helpful and informative - she really took time to go over everything with us, provided lots of recommendations (they had guide books and a long list of recommendations printed out for us too), including a good place to store our luggage for the day (we had a late-night flight out).

The apartment was very clean, the showers were really great, the kitchen was quite large and well-equipped, and the two double-beds were very comfortable. They provided lots of bedding and pillows so we were able to make the pull-out couch-bed comfortable too :)

We would love to stay here the next time we come to Istanbul! And we strongly recommend it - as long as you can handle all the stairs :) (our friend counted 100 steps, haha)