AB Residences Sapphire: 100 m² two-bedroom apartment

AB Residences - Cihangir Luxury Sapphire Apartment is an apartment building on Maç Çıkmazı Sokak, in the 34433 postcode area of Istanbul. It stands about 0.3 km from the Museum of Innocence and about 0.5 km from Taksim Square, in a straight line. Galata Tower is about 1.1 km away.

The straight-line distances to the sights further out, and to the airport, are as follows.

• Museum of Innocence: about 0.3 km
• Taksim Square: about 0.5 km
• Galata Tower: about 1.1 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 2.3 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 2.8 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 3.1 km
• Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW): about 31.3 km

There is a single room type, and only one: the Two-Bedroom Apartment, 100 m², with a city view. Sleeping is spread across a super-king bed, a queen bed and a sofa bed, so two couples can each have a full bed, or parents can take one bed with children on the others, children being allowed at the property.

Conversely, a group that might otherwise take two or three separate hotel rooms can share one apartment, with the beds already divided across two bedrooms.

Though the property is an apartment building, it is run with hotel-style services. Room service is offered, and a paid airport shuttle covers the roughly 31.3 km straight-line distance to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), a practical option for a city of this size. A lift serves the building.

Parking is paid, with accessible parking available. Meeting and banquet rooms are offered and babysitting can be arranged, which together with the apartment's layout makes the building workable for a trip that mixes family and work.

Check-in runs from 15:00 and check-out until 10:00. Children are allowed. Parking is paid, so anyone arriving by car should expect it to be an extra rather than part of the stay.

• Check-in from 15:00
• Check-out until 10:00
• Children are allowed
• Parking is paid; accessible parking is available

The property suits a family or a group of friends who want one shared space rather than separate rooms: 100 m², two bedrooms, three beds, a city view, children allowed and babysitting available. Two couples can also share it comfortably, each with a full bed and room to spread out.

It fits less well a traveller who wants a simple double for a night or two, since the single, large apartment type is more than such a stay needs, or anyone who expects parking to come with the room, as parking here is paid. What the building offers is the apartment itself plus services such as room service and the paid airport shuttle.