Out of all possible options to stay in Istanbul we`ve chosen Secret Gardens with my boyfriend and never regret of it.
It`s an amazing place, ideally suitable for couples. Perfectly clean, cosy, full of nice small things, that makes you feel like at home.
All necessary kitchen stuff is in place, so we never had troubles with cooking.
Welcome tea served with rose and homemade cookies totally won our hearts.
Several days the weather was so bad, that we did not even want to leave the apartment, so comfortable we felt in it.
Probably the only thing it`s good to keep in mind is that location is a bit far from center. It took us around 45 min one way to get to the center by bus (only standing seats), which was a bit annoying. But we did not want to live in touristic part, so that was something we were ready to compromise. Miniaturk is just 15 min away from the apartment and we strongly recommend to visit it, as it contains all important sightseeings from Turkey (in size 1:25).
We liked the area as well. Nice restaurants (try ODON), kebab, turkish delights and very nice people.
Elif is extremely caring and accommodating host, she promptly replied all our questions via whatsapp. IT was very sweet of her.
If we will ever decide to go back to Istanbul, it will be only Secret Gardens!!!!!!
Elena