3 Double Bedroom, Right Next to Blue Mosque, on Akbiyik Street

• Excellent location, perfect apartment!

  Excellent location, perfect apartment!

  • Guest Sanne
  • Date of stay 04/16/13
  • Review Submitted 04/24/13
  We stayed with a (Dutch) family of six adults in this apartment. The location is excellent and the service was very good as well. Great reception by Marco, fast wifi connection and clean bathroom and toilets. Kitchen had a coffee-maker and toaster, so we could also enjoy our cup of coffee and breakfast. The apartment was nearby the central square of Sultanahmet and tramline 1 (5 min. walk) which brings you to Eminonu (ferry dock), Kabatas (dock for ferry to Princess Islands & Dolmabahce palace) and to the funicular of Tunel. We've been in Istanbul before, usually in hotels, but this was great!

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, tourists without a car, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway.

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• Very good apartment

  Very good apartment

  • Guest Sigita
  • Date of stay 03/22/13
  • Review Submitted 04/07/13
  Excellent location - plenty of restaurants around and all the main tourist attractions are within walking distance (The Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, The ?stanbul Archaeological Museum, Galata Tower, Grand Bazaar). We have been to a Sufi Music Concert & Whirling Dervishes Ceremony - 5 min. walking distance from the apartment at the Dervish Dede Efendi House. It was very interesting. For the airport transfer we used Efendi Travel company and were very happy with the service and price. There is a Dia Sa Supermarket - 10 min. walking distance from the apartment (on the Üçler Sk/Peykhane Caddesi). We were very impressed by how helpful our greeter Marco was. All our questions were answered. Thank you.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, tourists without a car, families with teenagers, families with young children, girls getaway.

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• Great Apartment. Great Location. Great Vacation.

  Great Apartment. Great Location. Great Vacation.

  • Guest Anna Rossa USA
  • Date of stay 08/24/12
  • Review Submitted 09/05/12
  It was my first time to Turkey and my first visit to Istanbul. We lucked out by picking this great apartment, in this great neighborhood Sultanahmet, which turned out to be the two best choices!! It was so nice to come “home” to a cozy, clean, relaxing space after a full day of walking all over. The apartment is spacious, clean and tastefully decorated. It has all the amenities: A/C, insulated windows, washer/dryer, drying rack, ironing board, satellite tv, and free wi-fi. A bonus was the stunning view of the Blue Mosque out the kitchen window!!! There was also surprise extras that were provided, like toilet paper, Kleenex, hand soap and a jug of bottled water. Thanks Marco!! I have rented many houses and apartments in Italy and I always have to bring/buy the household necessities: toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, Kleenex. So to have some of those things on hand was a very pleasant and unexpected surprise. The apartment and neighborhood is perfectly located. All the major sights to see are in close walking distance (The Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Hippodrome, Archaeology Museum, Grand Bazaar, Spice Market, Arasta Bazaar, Istiklal Street, Galata Bridge). The apartment is also close to all mass transit: tram, Sirkeci train station, and the ferries. And it is close to the sea, on both sides. Marco, the caretaker gave us a thorough and quick apartment orientation/ download the night we arrived and everything went great and was smooth sailing. We also chose and paid to have the transportation service to and from the airport. I found it be very convenient and well worth the cost. It took away any unnecessary last minute worry. The neighborhood is touristy but it quiets down at night. The area is full of restaurants and shops to visit. There were so many choices. We had great meals every night. To sum it up, when I go back to Istanbul I would stay in this apartment and I would highly recommend this apartment to anyone going to Istanbul. The apartment is perfect for a large family, two smaller families, 3 couples, a group of friends, or a girl’s get away. Thanks to Fernando and Lauren, the management company. And thanks to Marco and Elif, the care takers.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, tourists without a car, age 55+, families with teenagers, romantic getaway, families with young children, girls getaway.

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• Trust me this is the place to stay!

  Trust me this is the place to stay!

  • Guest Doug
  • Date of stay 05/05/12
  • Review Submitted 05/10/12
  For those who know Akbiyik street you will understand, for those who don't, listen to me carefully. Stay no where in Istanbul other than Akbiyik street, and no where else than this Apartment. This was my third visit to my Constantinople and the apartment is perfect. Huge for Istanbul standards, perfectly situated in walking distance to everything. The kitchen is not up to north American standards but who cares! Eating out is the only way to go in Istanbul but you can certainly make a perfectly wonderful breakfast if you insist. look no further and enjoy Constantinople, the cradle of Christianity, the Mother of Islam and truly the centre of the known world.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, tourists without a car, age 55+, families with teenagers, romantic getaway, families with young children, girls getaway.

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• A Jewel in the Heart of it All

  A Jewel in the Heart of it All

  • Guest BEACHPARROT
  • Date of stay 05/12/11
  • Review Submitted 06/13/11
  At the top of a steep, unasuming stairwell off Akbiyik Street sits a jewel of an apartment. The apartment is well appointed and could not be more convinient to everthing you want to see in the old district. It felt like coming home while we exhauted ourselves seeing the sights. We could pop in and out during the day because it was so centrally located and we were rarely far away. Public transportation is nearby. There are just too many awsome things about Istanbul to even begin. It must be experienced. We will try to stay at this apartment again.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, adventure seekers, tourists without a car, age 55+, families with teenagers, romantic getaway, families with young children, girls getaway.

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• Additon to my previous review: "Great accomodations for first time visitors to Istanbul!"

  Additon to my previous review: "Great accomodations for first time visitors to Istanbul!"

  • Guest KAT
  • Date of stay 09/02/10
  • Review Submitted 09/26/10
  One additional Suggestion: - the beds were not terribly comfortable, but this could easily be remedied with some memory foam mattress toppers

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• Great accomodations for first time visitors to Istanbul!

  Great accomodations for first time visitors to Istanbul!

  • Guest KAT
  • Date of stay 09/02/10
  • Review Submitted 09/26/10
  I stayed at the apartment with 2 other friends for a week during our first visit to Istanbul. Overall, it was a great experience! Pros: - Spacious - Clean - Excellent location for first time visitors to Istanbul, since it is on a street with many other hotels and restaurants geared towards tourists, as well as being in easy walking distance to all the sights in Sultanahmet - Quiet: I slept with the windows closed in the room with 2 beds and never heard a sound from outside; I was surprised since the apartment is so close to the Blue Mosque, but I never even heard the early morning call to prayer. Nor did I hear any traffic or noise from the street -Amenities included: towels, washer/dryer in suite, iron & ironing board, hair dryer, air conditioning (separate controls for each room!), lots of travel books about Istanbul & Turkey that can be used during your stay, TV & DVD (including some English-language DVDs) & stereo Suggestions: - More detailed, written instructions for how to use the washer/dryer; it is a European style machine which us North Americans were not used to, so it took us awhile to figure it out. Although I had received a quick 20 second inservice on how to use it from Marco when I arrived, it turned out not to be sufficient - May be time to invest in a new ironing board +/- iron: the legs on the ironing board were very wonky and so it didn't sit properly, making ironing difficult. The iron also tended to leak water - Avoid the private airport transfer service offered by Elif & Marco unless you're absolutely stuck: they told me a taxi one way from Atakurk airport to Sultanahmet would cost me 40 euro, and they charged me 35 euro for a private transfer. In fact, friends of ours were staying at a hotel on the same street as the apartment and paid only 15 euro each way for their taxi to/from the airport, and Backpackers Travel down the street from the apartment offers private airport transfers to/from Atakurk for 20 euro each way (or 4 euro per person if you take the Backpackers Travel shuttle)

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, tourists without a car, families with teenagers, families with young children.

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Base Rate ... €149/night (1-4 guests)
€12/night (Each Extra guest After 4)
€60 Preparation Fee.
Dec 30-Dec 31 .. Add €69 to Nightly Rate.
Reserved 9 AM Early Check-in Fee is €50, Subject to Availability.
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