The place was exactly as shown in the photos. The area is wonderful and has all the services you might need, including nearby markets, restaurants, and a grocery store, and the people are very friendly. Fatih Mosque was also very close by. As for the apartment, Mr. Ahmed was extremely helpful. The apartment has all the amenities you need, including cookware, cooking oil, a washing machine, a dishwasher, two bathrooms, and an elevator. It was truly an excellent apartment.

The apartment is about 700 meters from the bus stop, but walking around the area was very pleasant. If you rent a car, you can park it on the street in front of the building, though sometimes you might have to search for a spot due to the high volume of cars on the street. The air conditioning units are somewhat weak, but the weather was nice, so we opened the windows and everything was fine.

Das Apartment ist in einer untouristischen Gegend von Istanbul. Wir haben uns jeder Zeit sicher gefühlt. Busanbindung ist gut, Einkaufsmöglichkeiten auch. Die Ausstattung ist gut, alles da, was man braucht. Sauberkeit top!

Kein Nachteil, nur eine Info: Mittwochs ist in Fatih Markttag. Auf keinen Fall als Ab- oder Anreisetag wählen. Das Apartment ist dann quasi von der Aussenwelt abgeschnitten.

The name of the apartment speaks for itself. It was really excellent. It’s spacious, clean and it has everything you might need for a comfortable stay. I liked that there were little things that make a difference: a lot of storage, so we could unpack, put the suitcases away and actually live in this space during our stay, shelves and hooks in the bathroom, enough plates and cutlery in the kitchen etc. Communication with the host was amazing: quick to respond, gave us useful tips, answered all my questions. We needed a cot for our toddler and we got it with the most adorable bedding and a blanket; we needed two sets of keys and we got them. These little (and big) things were what made the stay enjoyable. There was an earthquake during our stay and what calmed us down was to know that the building is new (around 10 years old, I think). It’s not something one often thinks about but it was reassuring to know. The area is not touristy at all and it was actually amazing and different. We could get to more touristy parts easily when we wanted to but living among regular people who just live their lives there was an experience we wouldn’t have gotten have we stayed at a hotel in the middle of a touristy area.

I don’t think there is anything really that I could think about. One curtain in one of the bedrooms was a bit short, so some of the street light came through at night. And sometimes when we were cooking we thought it would have been nice to have a strainer (we didn’t ask for it though. I’m sure if we did we would have gotten that too). That’s really all I could think of if I have to scrape my mind to find negatives. It’s really a great apartment.