Comfortable AC Residence Steps from Bomontiada, Şişli

The residence is an apartment building on Sıracevizler Cd. in Merkez, Şişli, Istanbul, postcode 34380. It is not a conventional hotel but a residence in an apartment building: one apartment format, a lift in the building, and house rules of its own. Taksim Square is about 2.3 km away, in a straight line, and Dolmabahçe Palace about 2.6 km.

The airport figure is the one to weigh against the check-in rules: the latest check-in is 22:00, and Istanbul Airport is about 30.2 km away in a straight line, so an evening flight needs a plan that has you at the door before then. All distances here are straight-line.

• Galata Tower about 3.6 km, in a straight line
• Topkapı Palace about 5 km
• Hagia Sophia about 5.5 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 5.8 km
• Istanbul Airport (IST) about 30.2 km

There is a single room type, the Apartment: 42 m², one double bed and one sofa bed. The double bed suits a couple, and the sofa bed gives a separate place to sleep beyond it, which matters because children are allowed: a child can take the sofa bed while the couple keeps the double. For two adults the apartment is roomy, with 42 m² around one double bed and one sofa bed.

There is no smaller or larger variant, no twin-bedded alternative and no suite: every booking is the same 42 m² floor plan. A couple gets the whole apartment; two friends who want separate beds have them, one double and one sofa bed; a larger group has no further room type to add. The building has a lift, so the apartment is reached without stairs.

The check-in window is the rule most likely to shape your plans: arrival runs from 15:00 and 22:00 is the latest check-in, so anyone landing late at Istanbul Airport, about 30.2 km away in a straight line, should check they can reach the door before then. Check-out is until 11:00.

Children are welcome, which fits the apartment's sofa-bed layout. Pets are not allowed, so the residence is closed to anyone travelling with an animal.

• Check-in from 15:00
• Latest check-in 22:00
• Check-out until 11:00
• Children allowed
• Pets not allowed

It suits a couple, or parents with a child, who want an apartment rather than a hotel room: 42 m² of space, a double bed plus a sofa bed, and a lift in the building. It also suits travellers content with the distances above, Taksim Square about 2.3 km and Topkapı Palace, Hagia Sophia and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque between 5 and 5.8 km, in a straight line.

It does not suit travellers with pets, and it does not suit anyone whose arrival falls after 22:00, the latest check-in. Nor does it offer room choice: one apartment type means no upgrade, no second category and no differently sized unit for a group to spread across.