Taksim Roya Apartment: 100 m² two-bedroom near Taksim Square

Taksim Roya Apartment is an apartment building on Duvarcı Adem Sokak in Istanbul's Bülbül Mahallesi, postcode 34435. Galata Tower is about 1.6 km from the building and Dolmabahçe Palace about 1.7 km.

Further out, Topkapı Palace is about 2.9 km away, Hagia Sophia about 3.4 km and Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 3.8 km, each measured in a straight line. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 31.7 km away. All of these figures are straight-line distances; actual routes through the city run longer.

The building offers one room type only: a Two-Bedroom Apartment of 100 m² with a garden view. The beds are one double, two twins and three sofa beds. In practice, a couple can take the double bedroom, two children or two more adults can take the twins, and the sofa beds absorb whoever else shares the unit — useful for a family in which children want their own beds, or for a group of friends splitting one apartment.

Because there is just the one layout, there is no smaller unit to fall back on. A solo traveller or a couple needing only a double bed would take far more space than the trip requires, while a larger party gets the whole 100 m² to work with. At that size it is a large unit. The garden view is the only outlook the apartment is described with.

The apartment is classed as a family room and children are allowed, and the bed mix points the same way: two bedrooms give adults and children separate sleeping areas, and the sofa beds add places to sleep without anyone sharing a double.

For a group of adults the same layout works differently: the double suits one pair, the twins another, and the sofa beds the rest, all inside one 100 m² unit with a garden view. What the property does not offer is a second, smaller apartment for a pair travelling light; the one layout serves a sharing party or no one.

Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 11:00. An airport shuttle is available for a fee, a service worth weighing given that Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 31.7 km away in a straight line. Parking at the building is paid, so anyone arriving by car should expect to pay to park.

Taken together, the property suits a family or a group sharing one large apartment about 0.5 km from Taksim Square. It does not suit a traveller with a pet, since pets are not allowed. For its intended guest — a family spreading across the two bedrooms and the sofa beds.

• Children are allowed.
• Pets are not allowed.
• Parking is paid.
• An airport shuttle runs for a fee.
• Check-in is from 14:00; check-out is until 11:00.