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Istanbul Place

Galata: the heart of Istanbul

We understand the importance of location and that’s why all our apartments* are in Galata.

*except Pera Place
Galata Tower at night: your neighbour and beacon
Sultahahmet from your Petraki roof-terrace: just across the Golden Horn
Ferries and fish sandwiches beside the Golden Horn: 5 minutes walk away
Galata Tower: well-loved landmark for everyone
Cafe culture below Galata Tower: your vibrant neighbourhood
Dervishes whirl at Galata Mevlevihanesi: just up the hill
Istiklal Avenue, packed with shops and restaurants: 5 minutes walk away
Ancient and classical: historic buildings are everywhere
Galata, your neighbourhood: viewed from across the Golden Horn
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With its genuine, very welcoming and diverse community, Galata is a neighbourhood where you’ll feel at home, yet also in the historic and cultural heart of things. Elegant 19th Century buildings line cobbled streets alongside ottoman fountains and ancient city walls. Discoveries are around every corner, together with an intriguing and practical mix of cafes, restaurants, small grocery shops and artistic boutiques.

A map may be useful, but wherever you wander, you can always find your way back to Galata Tower, which has been a well-loved landmark for the last 700 years.

 

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Metro, bus, tram and ferry stops are all only a couple of minutes walk away. You can be in Sultanahmet for the big sights of Ayasofya, Topkapı, Blue Mosque etc. in about 12 minutes by public transport or 20 minutes on foot. In the other direction, by Metro, you can be in Şişli for Istanbul’s biggest shopping mall in 10 minutes or Levent for Istanbul’s business district in 15 minutes.

Galata Tower and our apartments (red marker on the map)

Galata Tower is a medieval landmark with fantastic view from the top. The distance between Galata Tower and our apartments is 3 to 90 meters and the first stop to getting your bearings.

Sultanahmet

The district where you’ll find the big sights of Ayasofya, Topkapı, and the Blue Mosque. You can walk to Sultanahmet in around 20-25 minutes or you can take the modern tram: 5 minutes’ walk then 7 minutes’ tram ride.

Taksim Square

Often considered the centre of the city. Our apartments are linked to Taksim by Istiklal Avenue, a long (around 2km) pedestrianised street with a nostalgic tram running it’s entire length. This area is the culture and entertainment hub of Istanbul and Turkey.

Istanbul Modern

The largest contemporary art gallery in Istanbul and Turkey. The distance between Istanbul Modern and our apartments is around 1km, down a steep hill, taking about 15 minutes to to walk.

 

How to reach our apartments from Istanbul (IST) and Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) Airports?

havaist and Havabus run very frequent shuttles between both airports and Taksim. Price is approximately 3 Euros per person. From Taksim to the apartments a taxi will cost around 3-4 Euro.

A taxi from Istanbul airport to the apartments will cost around 17-20 Euros and from Sabiha Gokcen airport it will cost around 30-35 Euros.

If you prefer we can arrange your transportation from either airport. Just let us know.

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why choose us?

We've been glowingly reported in Condé Nast magazine and The Independent and Telegraph newspapers

The top 3 Istanbul apartments on Tripadvisor are ours along with hundreds of great reviews

We're the global winners of i-escape's Guest Award for 'Best City Apartment' two years running

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This cat was trying to muster the courage to take This cat was trying to muster the courage to take the dog biscuit left by a passer-by for the sleeping pooch 🤪

Do you know the Galata street dogs? Four or five snooze every morning on the pavements around the Tower - and often wake up to find gifts have been left for them 🥰

So are you hoping for the cat to be stealthy or the dog to wake up?!

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>> link in bio to our website for more of the historic apartments we offer for short stays in Galata👆🏻
Sunday night cocktails @moretenders 👌🏻 Catc Sunday night cocktails @moretenders 👌🏻

Catching up with each other (@juliabayne and @tarkancetindamar) before a busy few days ahead. Arguably indulgent 🤔 but after a couple of weeks apart it has to be done. 

We highly recommend Moretenders - just making absolutely sure again! - for atmosphere and mixological skills. It’s 5 mins walk away, in Asmalımescit, when you stay in an Istanbul Place Apartment ✨

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>> link in bio to our website for more of the historic apartments we offer and their location in Galata👆🏻
Pasha Place Apartment has just had a furniture upg Pasha Place Apartment has just had a furniture upgrade 🙌🏻

The bedrooms remain the same - stylish as ever! - but we’ve gone more #hipstoric 🤪 in the living room, using restful green velvets. You can still sit at the bar table by the bay window with its Bosphorus views - it’s just out of shot in these pictures. 

We love its refreshed vibe and hope you will too when you stay🤞🏻🤞🏻

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>> link in bio to our website for more of the historic apartments we offer, including floor plans, reviews and direct booking 👆🏻
Just arrived! 🙌🏻 New cushion covers for the Just arrived! 🙌🏻

New cushion covers for the apartment we’re currently working on - Shah Place III Apartment. If you’ve stayed with us before in Shah Place I or II, you’ll know what a great building it is, with fabulous frescoes that are not a little tricky to work with. It’s still being painted but we’re planning ahead and the colours are coming together, phew! 😅

Do you like them as much as we do?!

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>> link in bio to our website where you can learn more and book direct 👆🏻

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Flowers somehow help with everything don’t they…❤️‍🩹

Istanbul has a citywide Tulip Festival in spring - perhaps you’ve visited for it before?

Ottoman society adored tulips and Istanbul - then widely known as Constantinople - was very famous for its special cultivars. From the late 17th to the early 18th Century #tulipfever spread steadily west 💫

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>> link in bio for our article about Istanbul’s contemporary tulips and a Google map to find them when you visit 👆🏻
The earthquake situation in the South East of Turk The earthquake situation in the South East of Turkey is horrendous and unbelievably heartbreaking - the trauma of it continues and surely will do for years and decades to come. 

Thanks for your many messages to us of concern. I hope we’ve been able to answer all individually. 

We’re not directly affected - our family, friends and guests are safe in Istanbul, which is functioning as usual yet with a massive outpouring of love from its people translating into donating, volunteering and organising to get supplies out to where they are most needed. 

What more can be said I don’t know 💔

We appreciate your thoughts for Türkiye at this time.

Julia and Tarkan xxx

>> link in bio to the NGO we are recommending if you feel to donate 👆🏻
Pasha Place Apartment has a new sofa, antique chai Pasha Place Apartment has a new sofa, antique chairs and designer side tables so photography updates are needed this week ✨
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We’ve decided our interior style might be ‘hipstoric’ 🤔 A new word, fashionable in 2023. Have you heard of it? Do you like the concept? 

Is it ‘us’ ?!​​​​​​​​
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Invaluable help by @tsknkykc and @songulhdrr Hipstoric conundrum thanks to @mad_about_the_house and @sophierobinsoninteriors Photography by @gokhan_sariyaz_foto 🙏🏻​​​​​​​​
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Pasha Penthouse Apartment is ready! 🙌🏻​​ Pasha Penthouse Apartment is ready! 🙌🏻​​​​​​​​
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Our most recent Istanbul Place project is now finished and photographed, so a few minutes’ feet up with a cuppa feels very necessary. Do you like the carpet? It’s a vintage one we were delighted to find, as the colours and subtle pattern really compliment the interior decor and incredible views from this spot 👌🏻​​​​​​​​
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We’re calling it Pasha Penthouse as its private roof terrace is very ‘million dollar’ with 180 degree cityscape all the way from the Bosphorus bridge around the Golden Horn to Galata Tower. ​​​​​​​​
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✨ 2 double bedrooms​​​​​​​​
✨ beautifully fitted out and furnished​​​​​​​​
✨ Galata’s most high-end street​​​​​​​​
✨ quiet and private​​​​​​​​
✨ 5th floor walk-up and so worth it!​​​​​​​​
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When are you coming to try it out?​​​​​​​​
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>> link in bio to see it newly on the website, for more details and to book your stay 👆🏻​​​​​​​​
Farewell 2022 and welcome to 2023! 🥂 It’s no Farewell 2022 and welcome to 2023! 🥂

It’s not been the easiest of years but along the way we’ve so loved being in touch with you online and hosting all our wonderful guests. Thanks for your part in it 🥰

Were you able to stay with us?

The Sema ceremony pictured is from Galata Mevlevihanesi just up the hill and reminds us of Rumi’s words:

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” 

If this resonates with you and you’re tempted in an Istanbul direction, we’d be delighted to see you in 2023 ✨

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>> link in bio to see the apartments we offer, including availability, pricing, floor plan, reviews and direct booking 👆🏻​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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>>UPDATE: now booked<< Still wondering what to do >>UPDATE: now booked<<

Still wondering what to do for New Year? We can now offer Pasha Penthouse Apartment between Dec 30th and January 5th - including New Years’ Eve! Just finished getting it ready in time 😅

This very special apartment has a private roof terrace with sweeping views across the Bosphorus and Golden Horn - a dream for the fireworks at midnight - an unforgettable way to welcome in 2023 🥂

It’s also perfectly placed to explore the famous sights on the peninsula yet feel a sense of belonging in your own historic home. Swipe for more images of the property and streets around <<

✨ 2 nights minimum stay
✨ Romantic for 2, fun for 4
✨ The best street in Galata at your doorstep
✨ Great cafes and restaurants in the neighbourhood 

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>> link in bio to #bookdirect for the best rates 👆🏻

📷: @gokhan_sariyaz_foto @hotelfotografcisi 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Pasha Penthouse is ready! 🙌🏻 Our latest pro Pasha Penthouse is ready! 🙌🏻

Our latest project is now finished and photographed, so it might be time to test it out a little 🤪

See in stories why we’re calling it Pasha Penthouse (private terrace!! floor to ceiling glass doors!! million dollar view!!) 

It’s not on the website yet so please make contact directly if you’d like to book a stay.

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📷: @gokhan_sariyaz_foto @hotelfotografcisi 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery But tod Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
But today is a gift 💫

This view is a present to you - any time you like - from us and from Istanbul, when you stay at Pasha Penthouse apartment in Galata ✨

Save to remember!

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>> link in bio to our website where you can learn more and book direct 👆🏻

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Hello and merhaba old friends and welcome to new o Hello and merhaba old friends and welcome to new ones too 👋🏻👋🏻

This family business Istanbul Place Apartments is run by my husband Tarkan and myself @juliabayne together with our wonderful manager Taşkın. It all began 15 years ago when we lived in Singapore, though more recently we’ve been based in England for our son’s education. 

We still dash around a lot and here I am looking a bit weary in the midst of working on our latest addition. When finished it’ll give you a choice of 15 historic apartments with us,  for your next Istanbul trip ✨

One day if we can be in the same place at the same time, hopefully and inşallah we can manage a professional picture all together. But until then it’s another knackered mirror-selfie from me!

Have you stayed with us yet?

Wishing you a lovely Sunday, from us all, wherever you may be. We hope to welcome you to Istanbul very soon ✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

>> link in bio to see more of the apartments, including availability, pricing, floor plan, reviews and direct booking 👆🏻​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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The framing of sultans 🤪 They don’t seem to m The framing of sultans 🤪 They don’t seem to mind!

These pretty frames from @coxandcox have glass backs, so the interesting historic info about each Ottoman sultan can still be read. The vintage card-portraits themselves were an antique shop find a few years ago and have been patiently waiting in a dark folder for their Bosphorus views to be reinstated 💫

Will you come to visit and tell them the latest palace gossip?!

>> link in bio to our website for more of the historic apartments we offer, including floor plan, reviews and direct booking 👆🏻

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Goodnight and iyi geceler from us 💫 This is a Goodnight and iyi geceler from us 💫

This is a bit of the view from an apartment we’re currently furnishing and preparing for guests - hopefully you! 

It has a magnificent private terrace overlooking the Bosphorus, Golden Horn AND Galata Tower. If you know our Pasha Place Apartment, this one is in the same building at the top. It’s not on the website yet, but will be soon - meanwhile there’s work to be done. 

So we’ll crack on and sleep well tonight with the exhaustion of it all 🤪 Hope you sleep well too.

>> link in bio to website for the other apartments we offer for short stays, including pictures, floor plans and reviews 👆🏻

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📷: our lovely manager Taşkın 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Life is so busy - it really helps to be able to ar Life is so busy - it really helps to be able to arrange your travels and apartment stay efficiently ✨​​​​​​​​
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We understand this and try very hard to respond quickly to all enquiries and questions from our guests. ​​​​​​​​
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So do feel free to ask what you need - we’ll be prioritising our responses to you 💫​​​​​​​​
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Thanks Jorge, it was a pleasure to be able to help you promptly 🙏🏻🙏🏻​​​​​​​​
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>> link in bio to our website, where you can read this TripAdvisor review in full, plus many others to inform your choice 👆🏻​​​​​​​​
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Across the Golden Horn, November 2022 ✨ This ci Across the Golden Horn, November 2022 ✨

This city, over millennia, has seen so much - too much in many ways. 

And so today we - the lucky ones - are getting on with life again, enjoying the moments and each other. 

We’re taking deep breaths of the views and also recommending mercimek çorbası - comfort soup! @ozlems_turkish_table has a great recipe - simple and healthy, swipe to be tempted. It helps with everything 💫

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This particular bit of skyline is from the shared roof terrace of our Petraki Place Apartments.
Deliveries are happening ✨ Although we use loca Deliveries are happening ✨

Although we use locally sourced items as much as possible to furnish the apartments, there are some things that best arrive in suitcases. With the winter season coming up here are some new cosy textiles and family games for Petraki Place II Apartment. 

Also a repatriated hamam bowl, English breakfast tea bags - for personal use! - and some fancy chocolates for the team 🤪

What would you bring?!

>> link in bio to our website for more of this apartment, including floor plan, reviews and easy direct booking 👆🏻

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Meet The Team ✨ Do you know Taşkın? We’re ce Meet The Team ✨ Do you know Taşkın? We’re celebrating 5 years’ of working together with him this November 🙌🏻

Taşkın - pronounced “Tashkuhn” - is our skilled and lovely manager in Galata. When you arrive at your apartment he’ll welcome you with grace, show how things work and help with any questions you might have. From then on he’s only a phone call or WhatsApp message away, should you need any support during your stay 💫

Having worked in Istanbul tourism for many years, his English, patience and positive outlook are great! He has two adult children - Irem and Emir - and lives across the Golden Horn with his wife Sevda. We’re very lucky to have him on our business journey with us 🧿
Do you like this headboard? Honestly! 🤔 For ma Do you like this headboard? Honestly! 🤔

For many years we’ve been designing our own velvet headboards and having them made by talented local upholsterer Izmet. This example is waiting for you in one of Petraki Place III apartment’s 3 bedrooms. 

The dimensions are completely to our own design, so for a twin room like this the length << swipe to see << allows two beds to be moved together or apart. For double beds we’ve always gone for more drama with the height, but kept to velvet upholstery. 

A new apartment will be joining the Istanbul Place collection soon and we’re wondering if it’s time for headboard change. What do you think? ✨

>> link in bio to our website for more of this apartment, including floor plan, reviews and easy direct booking 👆🏻

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