We spent a glorious month at the luxurious apartment on the second floor. It is hard to make a choice with so many options in Istanbul, but we feel so lucky that we choose this apartment! It is even better than In the pictures! This is the best possible combination of Airbnb with a hotel, because you have a wonderfully resourceful manager Hatiçe on hand in her downstairs office and a cleaning lady who spruces up your apartment daily!
Should you want to cook, the kitchen is equipped with absolutely everything you might possibly need, though with so many great food options within steps of our front door we only ever prepared breakfast. (You can get fresh baguettes and croissants at nearby MJet every morning).
I don’t want to go into every detail of this wonderful High end tasteful decorated design apartment, but want to say the whole house has been remodeled and refurbished with utmost taste and care for detail and materials. Marble, wood, brick!
The bed has a high quality mattress, the hot shower water in the bathroom is plentiful, the air conditioning works great. If you are a light sleeper do bring ear plugs, as the building is in the middle of lively locals plus tourist scene. With the school across the street and some nighttime revellers walking around at night it can be a bit lively at times. The street is just bellow Galata Tower, but luckily not on the main approach, so it is one of the less touristy streets, but still people do walk it at times, which can make it a bit loud but also makes it very safe any time of day or night. It is a a narrow one way street so very little car traffic!
We found the location perfect as it Is very easy to get to the metro or tram. It is still inhabited by local people and as there is an eye clinic close by you will see even people from the countryside come for surgery. Yet it has many wonderful (Cheap and expensive, your pick, but all delicious) restaurants, coffe shops, rooftop bars and Nardis Jazz club. For us a wining combination.
It is lovely to go up on the beautiful and comfortable roof terrace to enjoy a drink at sunset and see the skyline of the mosques and the water bellow.
For a longer stay you can use the washer and drier in the basement. The wifi works great on all floors of the building.
Upon our arrival we were welcomed with a basket of fruits and as we were celebrating birthday and wedding anniversary we were treated to wine and champagne with personal wishes from the owners Zeynap and her mom Salmin.
We were also lucky to meet them in person and have some wonderful conversations and get personal recommendations upon our particular interests.
There is so much to see and do in Istanbul, that a month was really not enough!