Great location if you want to be in the heart of the old historic part of Istanbul.
Our hosts arranged a taxi pick up from the airport which ran smoothly, but a bit overwhelming coming out of arrivals to find about 100 taxi companies holding names. So you need an eagle eye and a bit of patience to track down your name. From there though the transfer ran smooth.
The food is amazing with plenty of places to choose from with different budget levels.
You mustn’t miss The Hafiz Mustafa Turkish delight shop! We had to buy an extra case to bring back lots of goodies and also spices from the many spice shop.
Sit in the grounds of the Blue mosque at prayer time. The Adhan (call to prayer) is epic!! The blue mosque and Hagia Sophia adhans surround you.
Try and visit princes island 1hour boat trip and you get to ride a horse and cart around the island.
All Turkish are extremely friendly. We would go back and hope to revisit soon and to stock up on more goodies.