This is a beautiful, spotless, very spacious, and well equipped apartment; an intelligent blend of old, stunningly restored features and new high tech equipment. The amazing views of many different aspects of the city (in the distance you can see clearly across the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus, and close by there is the Galata Tower) from the large picture windows in every room are excellent and helped our orientation.
The European and Asian sides of Istanbul are easily accessed from here by foot or metro/tram/ferry and the airport is just half an hour by taxi. Within minutes from the apartment there are dozens of places to eat and drink to suit your budget and preference and we enjoyed exploring the many little streets, cultural landmarks and bohemian shops. Given its central location in Galata, at night this very comfortable and stylish apartment was remarkably quiet. We are looking forward to coming back and staying longer as there is so much more we want to see from here and we know we would be rewarded again with a tranquil, relaxing and gracious home from home. Esra is an excellent host and had made sure that all our needs were met; there was bottled water, tea, coffee, wine, soft drinks and fruit for us in the fridge when we arrived late at night and she was there with keys to let us in. There is a bookshelf of guide books to use and she had made sure that we knew the best places to have brunch/dinner the following day. All in all, this is a superb place to stay in if you want to be in a beautiful, tasteful and relaxing apartment in the heart of a very interesting and vibrant part of this unique city.