Canan's apartment: a 100 m² two-bedroom flat in Istanbul

Canan's apartment is an apartment in an apartment building at Hamam Sokak no 7/6 kat 1, Istanbul, postcode 34080. It is a single-unit property: the Two-Bedroom Apartment described below is the only rental, so a booking here means taking the whole apartment. The building is an apartment building rather than a hotel, and that shapes much of what follows.

All of these are straight-line distances. The landmarks sit between about 0.5 km and 2.8 km from the door, with Laleli Mosque the closest and Topkapı Palace the farthest of them; the airport lies well beyond that range at about 32.6 km.

• Laleli Mosque: about 0.5 km, in a straight line
• Fatih Istanbul Mosque: about 0.9 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 1.2 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 2.3 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 2.5 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 2.8 km
• Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW): about 32.6 km

The Two-Bedroom Apartment measures 100 m² and has a street view. Its bedding is six twin beds plus three sofa beds, and there is no double bed among them: every bed is a single or a sofa conversion. That layout points at groups, whether friends sharing or a family, rather than a couple, who would have no double bed to share.

The two bedrooms mean the six twin beds are not all in one space, and the three sofa beds add sleeping spots beyond them. For a group of adults, the twins are the better beds; the sofa beds suit children or anyone content with a conversion. With 100 m² of floor, the apartment is large enough that a full group is not crowded into a single room.

Children are allowed, and the apartment is designated as family rooms. Two bedrooms, six twin beds and three sofa beds give a family clear separation: children in their own beds, in their own room, with the sofa beds as overflow. Two families travelling together could also share the one apartment, since the bedding runs well beyond what a single household needs, though the property has no second unit if a party is larger still.

Pets are not allowed. A shuttle service is available for a fee, which matters for arrivals and departures: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 32.6 km away, in a straight line, and the shuttle answers the question of how a group with luggage covers that distance.

Beyond the shuttle service, this is an apartment in an apartment building rather than a hotel, and its facilities do not include a restaurant, a pool or a spa. What it offers instead is space and self-contained living for one party.

It suits a family or a group of friends who want one large shared apartment: 100 m², two bedrooms, separate single beds, children welcome, and a paid shuttle for the long run to the airport. The landmarks around it, from Laleli Mosque to Topkapı Palace, lie between about 0.5 km and 2.8 km away in a straight line.

It does not suit a traveller with a pet, as pets are not allowed. It does not suit a couple wanting a double bed or a small room, since the only unit is a 100 m² apartment laid out for numbers. And it cannot house a larger party across separate units, because there is only the one apartment in the building.