Modern Super Chic Duplex with a Terrace: 135 m² apartment

The property is an apartment building at 23 Yenimahalle Fırın Sokak, postcode 34353, in Istanbul. Every distance that follows is a straight-line one. Yıldız Hamidi Mosque is about 0.3 km away and Yıldız Palace about 0.4 km, so both are a matter of a few hundred metres. Çırağan Palace is about 0.9 km away and Dolmabahçe Palace about 1.1 km.

Taksim Square is about 2.1 km away and Hagia Sophia about 5 km. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) is about 30.4 km away, so the journey between airport and apartment covers a considerable distance.

The property has a single room type, the Two-Bedroom Apartment, and it is a large one: 135 m². Sleeping is arranged on two double beds and one sofa bed. The two separate bedrooms suit two couples travelling together, or parents and children who each want their own room, while the sofa bed provides a further place to sleep beyond the two doubles.

For a single couple the space is generous beyond need, but for a family or a group of friends it divides naturally, with two bedrooms and a sofa bed to allocate.

There is no smaller or larger alternative in the building: one apartment type, one size, one bed arrangement.

This is an apartment building rather than a hotel.

What a traveller gets is one apartment, whole, rather than a hotel's choice of room types. That suits people who want a single shared space for a family or a group, and does not suit people who want a range of rooms to pick from.

The 22:30 cut-off for check-in is the rule most likely to shape a plan. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 30.4 km away in a straight line, so anyone arriving on a late evening flight needs to reach the apartment before 22:30.

• Check-in is from 14:00.
• The latest check-in is 22:30; arrivals after that time are not possible.
• Check-out is until 10:00.
• Children are allowed.
• Pets are not allowed.

For a family, the fit is strong: children are allowed, the building has family rooms and a lift, and the apartment's two bedrooms and sofa bed give a household of several people room to spread across 135 m². Two couples sharing get a double bed each in separate bedrooms.

It does not suit anyone travelling with a pet, since pets are not allowed. Nor does it suit a traveller who wants a choice of rooms or a smaller unit: there is one apartment, one size, one bed arrangement. A very late arrival is the other mismatch, as the latest check-in is 22:30.