Stunning Bright Central Modern 1BD Balat Gem! #328: 60 m²

This is an apartment building, not a hotel, standing on Sancaktar Yokuşu in Balat, Istanbul, postcode 34087. One apartment type is offered within it, so a stay here means a single self-contained unit rather than a choice of rooms in a larger property. The name calls the apartment central, and the straight-line distances support that: none of the landmarks around it is more than 3.6 km away.

Pammakaristos Church is about 0.3 km away and Chora Church about 0.9 km, both in a straight line. Further out sit Süleymaniye Mosque at about 2 km, Galata Tower at about 2.1 km, Hagia Sophia at about 3.5 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque at about 3.6 km, all in a straight line from the building. Istanbul Airport is about 31 km away.

The apartment is the building's only room type: 60 m² with one double bed. Sixty square metres for one bedroom is the format of a small home, not a hotel room, and for two adults sharing the double it is generous space. A solo traveller who likes room to spread out is equally well served.

Children are allowed, so a family can stay, though the one double bed is the bedding the apartment provides. A group of friends wanting separate beds will not find them here; the double is the apartment's single sleeping arrangement.

Because there is only the one apartment, the size and the bed are fixed in advance: there is no trade-off between room categories, and a party needing more than one double bed will have to look at a different property altogether.

What the building offers is the apartment, its outdoor space and the measures that keep it comfortable and safe.

The house rules are few, and each one is worth knowing before committing to a stay:

• Check-in is from 15:00; check-out is until 11:00.
• Children are allowed.
• Pets are not allowed.
• There is no parking at the property.

The natural fit is a couple or a solo traveller who wants a whole 60 m² apartment with a bedroom of its own, in Balat and within a few straight-line kilometres of Pammakaristos, Chora, Süleymaniye, Galata Tower, Hagia Sophia and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. A small family also works, since children are allowed, provided one double bed is enough bedding for them.

It does not suit travellers with pets, which the rules exclude outright. It does not suit anyone who needs parking at the property, because there is none. And with a single apartment type, there is no larger or smaller unit in the building to trade between; the 60 m² one-bedroom with its double bed is the whole of the choice.