What a wonderful place to discover Istanbul !
Merve's appartment is decorated with an extreme sense of taste and made us feel really cozy during our stay. Moreover we were absolutely astonished by the beauty of the view on the Bosphorus and some of the main architectural wonders of Istanbul, and I can tell you that there is no better environment to enjoy a delicious çay with baklavası !
The kitchen furnitures are very good and you will particularily enjoy the quite new Bosch oven and gas stove, the top quality fridge, and the beautiful turkish tea kettle =)
The large glass door in the dining room will allow you to cook while looking at the Bosphorus, quite a unique experience =)
The appartment is also very well located, in a calm area (there is a school down the window of this 3rd floor appartment so you will hear them when they are in the playground, but that's pretty much it and I personally found it enjoyable =) ),
in a very good neighborhood with supermarket, bakery, restaurants, coffee places and pharmacy at just 2 minutes walking distance.
10 minutes walk to İstiklal Caddesi, and T1 tram line and buses accessible in less than 10 minutes, we found this location extremely convenient.
There is no elevator and three floors to climb, but honestly once the luggages were up it wasn't an issue anymore, and the view is definitely worth the little effort ;)
Merve was extremely welcoming and responsive, and she gave us a ton of advice to enjoy our trip as much as we could, she helped us find boat tours, guided us to the nearest covid test lab for our return flight, and booked a taxi to go to the airport early in the morning.
Since it was our first trip to Istanbul it was very enjoyable to know that whenever we had a question we could count on her to help us figure out the best thing to do !
Overall we enjoyed our stay a lot and will definitely consider coming back whenever we travel again to Istanbul =)