The Maiden Tower From Your Bedroom: Taksim Square apartment

The Maiden Tower From Your Bedroom Romantic View is an apartment building at Pürtelaş Sokak 7/13, in the Cihangir mahalle of Taksim, Istanbul, postcode 34433. One apartment in the building is offered to guests, and it is the property's only room type: there is no second unit and no range of rooms to choose between. A booking here is a booking for that one apartment.

The distances to Istanbul's landmarks are short. Taksim Square is about 0.2 km away, in a straight line, the closest of the landmarks measured. Galata Tower and Dolmabahçe Palace are each about 1.4 km away in a straight line. Further out, Topkapı Palace is about 2.4 km, Hagia Sophia about 3 km and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque about 3.4 km, in each case in a straight line.

The apartment measures 60 m², a generous size for a one-bedroom unit, and its beds are one double bed in the bedroom and one sofa bed. No maximum occupancy is set for the room type, so the beds are the guide: a couple takes the double bed, and the sofa bed adds a place for a child travelling with them, children being allowed at the property.

Because this is the only room type, there are no trade-offs to make within the property. Every booking receives the same 60 m², the same double bed and sofa bed, and the same sea view. There is no smaller unit for a solo traveller and no larger one for a group; a solo traveller and a family get the identical apartment.

The 21:00 limit on check-in is the rule most likely to shape a travel plan: the property takes no arrivals later in the evening, so a late flight needs an earlier landing or a different arrangement for the night. The gap between check-out at 11:00 and check-in at 15:00 sets the shape of arrival and departure days.

• Check-in is from 15:00.
• The latest check-in is 21:00.
• Check-out is until 11:00.
• Children are allowed.
• Pets are not allowed.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 31.1 km away, in a straight line. The property's own transfer option is an airport shuttle, paid. An arrival plan should weigh that distance against the 21:00 close of check-in, since the two together set the latest workable landing time.

For a couple, the apartment fits without compromise: 60 m², a double bed in its own bedroom and a sea view. For a couple with a child it also works, on the sofa bed and under the children-allowed rule, without a second bedroom. For a group of adults the beds are the limit: one double bed and one sofa bed are all the apartment offers, and the property has no other unit to add.

It is the wrong choice for travellers with pets, which are not allowed, and for anyone arriving after 21:00, when check-in closes. Two couples, or a family needing separate rooms, would have to look elsewhere.