Ekinci Residence: 55–110 m² rooms, 3.3 km from SAW

Ekinci Residence is a residence property in the Kurtkoy district of Istanbul, postcode 34912. It is an independent property, not part of a chain, and it works on the scale of apartment-style accommodation rather than a large hotel: four room types, a restaurant and meeting rooms, and a garden with a terrace.

Its clearest location fact is the airport: Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 3.3 km away, in a straight line. If your trip runs through that airport, the distance is the single most useful thing to know about this property. No other landmark distances are given, so judge everything else about the location from the district and the address.

Three of the four room types measure 55 m², and all four look onto the garden. The differences between them are in the beds and the occupancy. The Business Double Room Single Use has a king bed and a sofa bed but is sold for one guest, which makes it a generous amount of space for a solo traveller. The Business Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed has the same 55 m² and the same king bed and sofa bed, but sleeps up to 4, so it is the one to pick when two or more people share the room. The Deluxe Suite, 1 Double Bed with Sofa bed, also 55 m² with a garden view, pairs a double bed with a sofa bed.

The Family Suite stands apart on size alone: at 110 m² it is twice the floor area of the other three, with two king beds and a sofa bed, and a garden view. Children are allowed at the property, so a family that wants separate beds and room to spread out has an obvious choice here. Every room type in the house is 55 m² or larger.

The property's own facilities centre on three things: eating, meeting and step-free movement. There is a wheelchair-accessible restaurant, wheelchair-accessible parking and a wheelchair-accessible public washroom, which together make the ground-level practicalities of a stay workable for a wheelchair user. Meeting rooms are also part of the property, which matters if your trip includes work rather than only a bed for the night.

A health or beauty spa is nearby, but it is not one of the property's own facilities; treat it as something reached outside the building rather than included in it.

Check-in runs from 13:00 and check-out until 12:00, an earlier start and a midday finish that suit an airport schedule better than a late-night arrival would. Children are allowed. Pets are not allowed, and that rule is stated without exceptions, so travellers with animals should look elsewhere.

The front desk is staffed around the clock, which is worth knowing for early or late flights through Sabiha Gökçen.

It suits three kinds of traveller well. First, anyone flying through Sabiha Gökçen, given the about 3.3 km straight-line distance and the 13:00 check-in. Second, families: children are allowed, the Family Suite offers 110 m² with two king beds and a sofa bed, and all rooms take a garden view. Third, business travellers, who get meeting rooms on the property, a single-use business room of 55 m² and a room type that sleeps up to 4 when colleagues share.

It suits a wheelchair user, with an accessible restaurant, parking and public washroom. It does not suit anyone travelling with a pet. And it is not the choice if you want a spa in the building: the spa is nearby, not the property's own. If your priority is a large room rather than a long list of facilities, the room sizes here, 55 m² at minimum, are the strongest argument for it.