We really enjoyed our stay and Faruk was a great host! Check in and check out was very easy and Faruk was very flexible with our timing. The place was very clean, had cleaning supplies, garbage bags, paper towels, and toilet paper. The location is perfect if you want to be near Faith Camii. It is literally a 3 minute walk to the Mosque and all the shops around the mosque. You can get groceries and anything you need within a 5 minute walk. There is a good sized grocery store on the same street on the corner.
Every Wednesday, there is a huge bazaar on the apartment building’s street. The bazaar is huge and anything you need can also be found there. It’s a very quiet street even when the bazaar is taking place and we were never bothered by any noise from neighbors.
The bathroom was very nice and felt like a hotel bathroom. It comes with a washer but no dryer, but there is a hanging rack to dry clothes on. The bed is a full size bed but it is good for 2 people. There are ample outlets around the apartment and in the bedroom for charging.
Some cons:
- If you are staying here for a longer period of time just know that the closer space is fairly small. We had to leave a majority of our clothes in our suitcase and only hung up a few things.
- It was difficult to find a taxi to pick us up. We would have to walk about 10 minutes to the Main Street to find a taxi. On Wednesdays no cars can drive on the street so taxis can’t drop you off there.
- There is no elevator so if you have a lot of luggage, small children, elderly or handicapped guests, it may be difficult to get up and down every day. The stairs are pretty narrow and difficult to carry heavy things up.
Our general recommendations:
- We used the Getir and Bitaxi app to get taxis off the main road. Getir is also a food delivery app which has the option of changing the language to English. We highly recommend using these apps since taxi drivers can be rated and therefore are typically nicer and easier to deal with. We also didn’t know Turkish so it was easier for us to provide the location through the app.
- For Airport pick up and drop off we used Tranigo because it was a lot cheaper (about 35 Euros) for a big van to take us from the airport to the apartment. The drivers use WhatsApp to contact you.
- We downloaded the google translate app which has a talking feature. This helped us a lot when taxis spoke to us. You can have the taxi speak into the app and it will translate what they say into the language of your choice and then you can speak back to them. We highly recommend getting this!!
Overall we loved our stay at this place and would highly recommend it to anyone coming to the Faith area!