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1. Smoking and/or open fires are not permitted

No smoking or open fires (including candles) in any of our apartments. The term “smoking means inhaling, exhaling, breathing, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, or other tobacco product or similar lighter products in any manner or any form. Guests are not allowed to smoke anywhere inside the unit.

If someone from your group does smoke during your stay, we’ll need to charge a deep cleaning fee of 100 Euros.

Guests agree not to use the premises for any commercial activities or purpose that violates any criminal law or governmental regulation (such as drug use but not limited to this).

Guest’s breach of any duty contained in this paragraph shall be considered material and shall result in the termination of guest occupancy with no refund of any kind.

2. Rates

These include bed linens and towels, kitchen utensils, electricity, gas, tap water, Wi-Fi internet, cable TV and all taxes.
The rate confirmed on your booking invoice is fixed at the time of booking and will not be affected by future rate increases/decreases.
Your apartment should be left tidy and in good order, otherwise we reserve the right to charge an additional cleaning fee of €40.

3. Payments

Please note that if you make your booking on a third-party partner website then the payments policy received from the partner site overrides the following policy.

A 50% deposit is required at the time of the booking and the rest will be charged to your card 30 days before your arrival. 

4. Behaviour

Remember that the apartment you will be occupying is in a residential building. Neighbours may have to work the next day, so please respect their need for peace and quiet. You must accept responsibility for the proper conduct of you and your party.
In the case of serious misconduct or valid complaints from neighbours we reserve the right to terminate your stay with us and if we do so we shall have no further responsibility to you.

5. Partying in the apartment is not permitted:

You are not permitted to party in the apartment or building (the surrounding neighbourhood has many, very suitable venues).
If we receive complaints from the neighbours about this, it will be considered as a serious misconduct and will have to apply the terms written above in number 4.

6. Pets

Pets are not permitted.

7. Check-in and check-out

The earliest check-in hour is 15:00 and the latest check-out time is 11:00.
Although we do our utmost to accommodate individual needs, we cannot guarantee early morning access to the property unless you have booked for the previous night. Our guest representative will be waiting for you at the property on your arrival and he/she will come to collect the keys at your departure at agreed times.

8. Cancelling your booking

Please note that if you make your booking on a third-party partner website then the cancellation policy received from the partner site overrides the following policy.
If you wish to cancel your booking we must be notified in writing by the lead name, either by recorded & acknowledged mail, fax or email. Cancellation charges will apply and these depend upon when your written notification is received by us.

– Less than 31 days’ notice or no notice: cancellation charge of 100% of the value of your booking.
– 31 days or longer notice: cancellation charge of initial deposit payment only.

9. Refunds

We are unable to make any additional refunds other than the cancellation policy contains, even if the cancellation is made as a result of force majeure which includes -but is not limited to- acts or threat of war, government action, strike, civil unrest, fire, failure of public utilities, medical emergency, natural or nuclear disaster or airport closure.  You may be able to recover the majority of the cancellation fees under the terms of your holiday insurance policy: we strongly recommend you to get one.

10. Modifying your holiday during your stay

If you modify your holiday arrangements or accommodate extra guests in the apartment (not booked with us/without our authorisation), you will be breaking this contract.
We will be unable to accept any liability for loss, damage or other claim resulting from your holiday and you will also be liable for additional charges to cover guests not booked with us.
Should you depart the apartment early, for whatever reason, we are unable to offer a refund. We will provide information to your insurance company should you need it.

11. Subletting

In no event shall Guests assign or sublet the Rental Property in whole or in part. Violations of these rules are grounds for expedited eviction with no refund of any kind.

12. Access

The owner/manager of the apartment, or authorised personnel, has the right to make an inspection of the apartment at any time, pre-arranged with you (although we have never needed to do this).  Guest further agrees to grant Owner access to Rental Property for purposes of maintenance and repair.

13. Travel insurance

You should always be adequately insured before traveling abroad. Please make sure that your insurance covers the costs you might face if you cancel your booking with us or if you decide to leave before your agreed departure date for any reason, your valuables are stolen or damaged, you have an accident and/or you need any medical treatment.

14. Liability

We accept no liability for any personal belongings of the tenant and companions in the case of damage caused by natural disasters, fire, water or theft.

15. Privacy policy

Your privacy is extremely important to us. We use your personal information for internal use only. It is our promise that we will never rent, sell, share or distribute any personally identifiable information about you or your business to any third party without your expressed permission, except in the case where it is required by law or subpoena. Certain information, such as name/contact details, is collected and maintained internally by us for use in our records and accounting systems, but we do not store any financial details.
Our website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. Such hyperlinks are provided for reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices.

16. Jurisdiction

Istanbul is stipulated as the place of jurisdiction for this agreement.

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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

Icing on the cake

personal welcome personal welcome


local recommendations local recommendations


free wifi speedy wifi


5 star linens and towels 5* linens and towels


Special-grade cleaning special-grade cleaning

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Have you ever hamam-ed? ✨ If the answer is no, Have you ever hamam-ed? ✨

If the answer is no, then 20 mins walk from our apartments @kilicalipasahamami will most definitely help. You can treat yourself to a fabulous experience of the age old tradition in a beautifully restored 16th century building. It was designed and built by the great Ottoman architect Sinan for the Ottoman navy and now offers a very professional experience for women in the mornings and men in the afternoon/evenings. 

This was the homemade sherbet drink given on arrival to our apartment guests who recently booked in for a ‘Hamam Ritual’ - emerging thoroughly cleansed, relaxed, pink and shiny 👌🏻

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>> link in bio to see the apartments we offer, including availability, pricing, reviews and direct booking 👆🏻​​​​​​​​​​​​​
We recently hosted a wonderful book group of 7 lad We recently hosted a wonderful book group of 7 ladies from England - here are 3 of them waiting for the other 4 🤪

They had a bedroom each across 2 of the Petraki Place Apartments. It was a fabulous stay, with lots of meals out, a group hamam visit, Kapalı Çarşı shopping and packing in most of the top sights in Sultanahmet. 

Regrouping at sunset for drinks on the roof terrace each evening was a magical way to experience the call to prayer across the city and Istanbul worked its charms as ever 👌🏻

Do you have a shared-interest club who’d enjoy an Istanbul adventure? Save this post for future reference!

We can host large groups in the same building across 2 or 3 apartments, but do book well in advance to secure your preferred apartment combination.

#myistanbulplace

>> link in bio for more information and to make a reservation directly with us 👆🏻
Have you made friends or perhaps fallen in love wi Have you made friends or perhaps fallen in love with Istanbul yet? 

If not, let us help. This vibe and view are waiting for you from the private roof terrace of Pasha Penthouse. Other apartments (there are 11 in the Istanbul Place collection) have others and no doubt you’ll find your own as you explore too. 

Our thoughts are with precious Istanbul tonight, tomorrow May 14th and always ❤️

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**Save this reel** as a reminder of this short stay apartment and the others we offer nearby. 

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Meet The Team ✨ Do you know Taşkın? We’re fo Meet The Team ✨ Do you know Taşkın? We’re fortunate to have had him with us for the last 5 years. 

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 the Istanbul tourism sector 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 🧿

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>> link in bio to our website for more of our apartments and direct booking for them all 👆🏻
It’s official - here at Istanbul Place Apartment It’s official - here at Istanbul Place Apartments we’ve been in business for 15 years! 🙌🏻

So much has happened in that time, with Istanbul’s Gezi civil uprising, coup attempt and a global pandemic keeping us on our toes 😳🤪 

But we’re still here, still in love with this amazing city and still doing our very best for its historic apartments. We’re still #1 on TripAdvisor too. 

As time passes so quickly, when are you returning/coming to see for yourself? We really hope to host you soon!

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>> link in bio for those TripAdvisor reviews 👆🏻
Do you have a favourite view of Istanbul? ✨ The Do you have a favourite view of Istanbul? ✨

The weather’s absolutely gorgeous at the moment with blue skies, 20 degree sunshine and beautiful views in every direction. 

This one’s across the Golden Horn and up to Galata, from a Bosphorus tour boat just leaving Eminönü with some of our guests aboard - a fun way to see the city from new angles, with some fresh spring air 👌🏻

When you stay in one of our historic apartments this view - and Galata Tower - will guide you home afterwards. 

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>> link in bio to our website for more about these Galata apartments and direct booking to stay in them👆🏻

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Do you like to watch TV during a city-break? We’ Do you like to watch TV during a city-break? We’d love to know… (it’ll help us decide what to prioritise upgrading)

Each of our Istanbul Place Apartments has a smart TV with access to Netflix, Prime and YouTube. Also cosy reading spots and books, so hopefully you’ll feel you have choices. 

But maybe you’re too busy out adventuring to have time for either?!

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>> link in bio to our website for more of our latest apartment project and direct booking for them all 👆🏻
Opinions please! This is a new mirror for Shah Pla Opinions please! This is a new mirror for Shah Place III - our latest apartment project finished last week, just in time for its first guests 😅

The top addition was a final gut-felt flourish from me @juliabayne in a state of exhaustion, after long days and nights working on it all. 

It’s a flea-market-found-remnant of an Ottoman ‘sedef’ mirror frame, made of wire-bound mother-of-pearl on wood. Somehow it seemed natural to give it back some sense of place with a contemporary mirror... across the significant generation gap. 

What do you think? Do you like it or have I lost the plot?!

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>> link in bio to our website for more of this historic apartment including floor plan, reviews and direct booking for your stay👆🏻
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?!

#myistanbulplace

>> 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🤞🏻🤞🏻

#myistanbulplace

>> 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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>> 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 ✨

#myistanbulplace

>> 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 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This view is a present to you - from us and from I This view is a present to you - from us and from Istanbul - when you stay at Pasha Penthouse apartment in Galata ✨

Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
But today is a gift 💫

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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