Taksim Nida Flats: family apartments in Istanbul

Taksim Nida Flats is an apartment building on Kahya Bey Sokak in Istanbul, postcode 34435. Taksim Square is the closest landmark, about 0.9 km away in a straight line.

Istanbul Airport (IST) is about 31.6 km away, in a straight line. At that distance, a traveller will want the building's paid shuttle service, a taxi or public transport arranged for arrival and departure. Parking at the building is also paid, for those coming by car.

• Taksim Square: about 0.9 km
• Galata Tower: about 1.3 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque: about 2.5 km
• Topkapı Palace: about 2.8 km
• Hagia Sophia: about 3.2 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque: about 3.5 km

There are three room types, and what separates them is space and bed arrangement. The Studio Apartment, the smallest at 35 m², has a queen bed and a sofa bed, sleeps up to 4, and has a city view. The Apartment with Balcony, the largest at 60 m², has the same queen bed and sofa bed and also a city view. Between them in size, the Budget Double Room covers 50 m² and takes a different approach to sleeping: a single bed, a sofa bed and a large bed, three separate spots for people who would rather not share.

For a couple, the Studio Apartment is the straightforward choice: one queen bed, a city view and 35 m² of space. For a family, the hotel's family rooms, children allowed and a studio that sleeps up to four make the small end of the range work, while the Apartment with Balcony offers the same bed arrangement with more room to spread out. For three travellers who each want their own bed, the Budget Double Room is the only room type that provides it.

One pattern holds across all three: every room type pairs a main bed with at least one further sleeping place, whether a sofa bed or, in the Budget Double Room, a single bed as well. A traveller looking for a room with one bed only will not find it here.

Taksim Nida Flats is an apartment building rather than a conventional hotel, and its offering is built around that. Family rooms are part of the range, which fits the way the rooms are arranged: sofa beds alongside the main beds, and a studio that sleeps up to four. The two conveniences that reach beyond the rooms themselves, the shuttle service and parking, are both paid.

• Check-in is from 14:00.
• Check-out is until 11:00.
• Children are allowed.
• Parking is paid.
• The shuttle service is paid.

The building suits families and small groups best. Children are allowed, family rooms are part of the offering, and the Studio Apartment sleeps up to four on a queen bed and a sofa bed in 35 m². Three friends who want separate beds have the Budget Double Room, and a couple wanting space and a balcony has the Apartment with Balcony at 60 m².

It is less of a fit for a traveller expecting a full-service hotel: this is an apartment building. Anyone arriving by car should note that parking is paid, and anyone counting on a transfer should note that the shuttle service is paid as well.