Authentic 1BR w Private Patio in Hype Cihangir, Istanbul

The property is an apartment building at 14 Kadiriler Yokuşu, postcode 34425, in Cihangir. What is rented is a single apartment rather than a room in a hotel with many rooms, and that shapes the rest: one room type, one set of house rules, and space that belongs to its guests alone.

These are straight-line measures, so any route on the ground is longer than the figure. The Museum of Innocence, at about 0.1 km, is the closest of them; Sirkeci railway station, at about 1.8 km, is the nearest railway connection; the airport, at about 31.2 km, is the farthest point.

• Museum of Innocence: about 0.1 km
• Galata Tower: about 0.8 km
• Taksim Square: about 0.8 km
• Sirkeci railway station: about 1.8 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 2 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 2.5 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 2.9 km
• Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW): about 31.2 km

There is one room type, the One-Bedroom Apartment: 55 m², one double bed, and it sleeps up to two guests. The layout follows from the name, a bedroom separate from the living space, so the double bed sits in its own room rather than in an open studio plan.

For two people, 55 m² is a generous floor area, and the separate bedroom means the living space stays usable while one guest sleeps. The single double bed points the apartment at a couple above all; two friends who each want their own bed will not find a second one here. With a single room type, there are no alternatives within the property to trade up or down to; the One-Bedroom Apartment as described is what every stay gets.

The patio in the property's name is private: it comes with the apartment rather than being shared with the building. That is the standout feature here, giving the apartment's guests outdoor space of their own.

Because the property is an apartment building, the rental is a self-contained home rather than one room among many. Its facilities do not include a restaurant, a pool or a spa, so the stay is an apartment stay, without hotel-style services around it.

Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is until 11:00, so arrival falls in the afternoon and the apartment is vacated by 11:00 at the latest. Children are not allowed, and pets are not allowed; neither rule leaves room for exceptions.

The effect is that the apartment takes adults only. A family with children of any age, or a traveller with an animal, will need a different property; this one will not fit either case.

For a couple, or two adults content to share a double bed, the apartment fits well: 55 m² of space, a separate bedroom and a private patio, in a position about 0.1 km in a straight line from the Museum of Innocence and about 0.8 km from both Galata Tower and Taksim Square, with Topkapı Palace, Hagia Sophia and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque between about 2 and 2.9 km.

It does not suit families with children, who are not allowed, or anyone bringing a pet, also not allowed. It cannot take three or more guests: one double bed and a stated maximum of two. And anyone who wants the services of a hotel around them will not find them in this apartment building.