Apartment by the Tram: 100 m² apartment in Fatih

The apartment is in an apartment building on Ayvansaray Caddesi in Fatih, Istanbul.

All of these are straight-line figures; travel on the ground will be longer. The scale is worth noting: the closest landmark is a tenth of a kilometre away, while Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmed Mosque are both beyond 4 km.

• Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque, about 0.1 km
• Chora Church, about 0.9 km
• Pammakaristos Church, about 1 km
• Süleymaniye Mosque, about 2.9 km
• Hagia Sophia, about 4.4 km
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque, about 4.5 km
• Istanbul Airport (IST), about 30 km

The Apartment with Terrace is the only unit in the building: 100 m² of floor area, three queen beds, one sofa bed and a sea view. The terrace that gives the room its name is part of the apartment.

The layout is built for a party sharing one space. Three queen beds plus a sofa bed across 100 m² suit a family — children are allowed and the property offers family rooms — or a group of friends who would otherwise need several separate hotel rooms. The sofa bed provides an extra sleeping spot beyond the three queen beds, which helps with a child or one more member of a group.

A couple or a solo traveller books the same apartment and simply has more beds and space than two people or one need. There is no smaller unit, no unit with fewer beds, and no unit without the sea view: the building offers exactly one apartment, one way.

Istanbul Airport (IST) is about 30 km away in a straight line. The property offers an airport shuttle for the journey, for a fee. Parking is offered as well, and it too is paid. A traveller arriving by car should expect a charge for leaving it at the property; a traveller flying in has the paid shuttle as the stated option for the transfer.

Check-in opens at 15:30 and runs to a latest check-in of 00:30, so arrivals through the evening and up to half past midnight are covered. Check-out is until 10:30 — an earlier cut-off than the check-in opening, and one worth noting when planning a departure day.

Children are allowed, in line with the family-rooms offering. Pets are not allowed, which rules the apartment out for anyone travelling with an animal. Parking, where a traveller uses it, is paid.

The apartment suits families and groups above all. One 100 m² unit with three queen beds and a sofa bed, children allowed, family rooms offered and a sea view: everything about the single layout points to a party travelling together rather than separate travellers booking separately.

For a group of friends, the three queen beds give three double sleeping spaces before the sofa bed is used. For a family, the sofa bed covers a child without taking a queen bed.

It does not suit pet owners, as pets are not allowed. It does not suit travellers who want a choice of room type, size or view, because there is only one of each. Couples and solo travellers are not excluded; they take the whole apartment, beds and all.