Vâveylâ Home: one 75 m² two-bedroom apartment in Istanbul

Vâveylâ Home is an apartment building at Polat Sokak no3-5 in Istanbul. The property holds a single apartment, so it hosts one booking party at a time rather than a floor of rooms.

The landmarks around it all sit at a similar remove: Mihrimah Edirnekapı Mosque about 8.7 km away, Chora Church about 9 km, Fatih Istanbul Mosque and the Church of the Holy Apostles about 9.4 km each, Pammakaristos Church about 9.5 km, and Laleli Mosque about 9.7 km, all in a straight line. Istanbul Airport (IST) is about 30.6 km away, in a straight line, which matters for anyone with an early or late flight.

The one room type is the Two-Bedroom Apartment, 75 m², furnished with two double beds and one sofa bed. There is no smaller or larger alternative in the building: a traveller either takes this apartment as it is or looks elsewhere.

The layout works for more than a couple. Two separate bedrooms mean two people need not share a room, and the sofa bed adds a further sleeping spot in the living space. A family with children, who are allowed here, gets a bedroom for the children and one for the parents; a group of friends can split the two doubles and use the sofa bed as a third bed. For a couple on their own, the second bedroom is simply spare space in a 75 m² apartment.

Check-in runs from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00, which gives a full morning before departure. Children are allowed, so the apartment can be booked for a family without any age restriction to work around. Beyond that, the property is an apartment building with one apartment in it, not a hotel with a range of room types; anyone expecting to choose between several rooms, or to book several rooms for one group, will not find that here.

It suits a family or a group of friends who want one large shared space rather than separate hotel rooms: 75 m², two bedrooms, two double beds and a sofa bed, with children allowed. It also works for a couple who simply want more room than a standard double gives them, with a whole second bedroom to spread into.

It does not suit a traveller set on staying close to the sights above. Chora Church is about 9 km away and Laleli Mosque about 9.7 km, in a straight line, so the distances should be weighed before choosing. It also does not suit anyone who wants a choice of room types or sizes, since the Two-Bedroom Apartment is the only one, or anyone who needs to be near the airport, which is about 30.6 km away, in a straight line.