An amazing experience in Besiktas. Mehmet is helpful, friendly an admirable hospitable, active and all over fun guy. He keeps the apartment very tidy and clean (I was quite impressed!). Offered me & my fiance lots of help and advise, pointed out the best places to try out typical Turkish cuisines and great activities, where to go for gift shopping. He also offered us to arrange renting a car and stuff, gave advise on how best to get to locations (all the beautiful, historical places and amazing Bosphorus ) we wanted to visit and what else we could check out on the way (even cool secret spots, we would have not found via tourist info). The apartment is very spacious, so we did not mind sharing the kitchen and living room. I would have not imagined how hot it can get, so the Bosphorus breeze in the roof-trace really helped us manage the heat. The main centres of many spots of Istanbul were rather easy and close, which was convenient, as we could walk to many of them, checking out the nice cafes and shops by the Bosphorus along the way. Enjoyed the busy Grand and spicy bazaars, also the quiet historical and modern-designed shops in Karakoy area. Glad to say that its really most memorable travel experience so far! Mehmet helped us organise getting to the airport, when we finally had to leave too, we had hardly any stress during our stay, the only sad thing was leaving Istanbul and going back to the wet and grey London .