Bosphorus waterfront flat, Cengelköy: a 90 m² sea-view flat

The flat is in Cengelköy, at Kaptan-ı Derya Çıkmazı No:17, postcode 34680. The property is an apartment building, and what it offers is a single apartment rather than a hotel floor of rooms. For orientation, the nearest landmark is Beylerbeyi Palace, about 1.8 km from the flat in a straight line.

Ortaköy Mosque lies about 2.4 km away and Dolmabahçe Palace about 4.7 km, both in a straight line. Farther out are Topkapı Palace at about 7.5 km, Hagia Sophia at about 8.1 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque at about 8.5 km. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 27.7 km from the flat.

These are straight-line distances, not travel times, so the route to any of them may be longer than the figure suggests.

The property has one room type, the Two-Bedroom Apartment, and it is a big one: 90 m², with a sea view. Sleeping is arranged across one queen bed, three twin beds and two sofa beds. The queen bed and the twin beds occupy the two bedrooms, and the sofa beds provide further places to sleep beyond them.

Children are allowed, and family rooms are among the property's facilities, so the layout reads as a family plan: parents on the queen bed, children on the three twin beds, and the sofa beds for whoever else. A group of adults can divide the same beds between them just as easily.

There is no smaller unit, no larger one and no alternative bed arrangement. The Two-Bedroom Apartment is the whole of the property's offer, so the decision is whether 90 m², two bedrooms, these beds and a sea view fit the party, not which room to take.

The 22:00 latest check-in is the rule most likely to matter on a late flight: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 27.7 km away in a straight line, and the road route may be longer. Check-out at 10:00 fixes the morning of departure in the same way.

• Check-in is from 14:00, and the latest check-in is 22:00; an arrival after 22:00 is not possible.
• Check-out is until 10:00.
• Children are allowed.
• Pets are not allowed.
• Parking at the property is free.

A family is the clearest fit. Children are allowed, family rooms are among the facilities, and the apartment's beds, one queen, three twins and two sofa beds, let parents and several children share a single 90 m² unit with a sea view, with no need for separate rooms. A group of relatives or friends travelling together gets the same benefit: one large shared apartment, with beds divided between the two bedrooms and the sofa beds.

A couple will have more space than it needs, though the sea view and the 90 m² make that a comfortable kind of surplus. Anyone driving has free parking at the property.

Travellers with pets cannot stay, as pets are not allowed. Anyone who wants a choice of room types, a different bed arrangement or a unit other than this one will not find it here: the Two-Bedroom Apartment is the only option. And the hours are fixed at both ends of the day, with check-in from 14:00 and no later than 22:00 and check-out until 10:00, so the day's schedule has to fit them rather than the reverse.