What a lovely place this is - looks and feels exactly like in the pictures and the apartment has everything one can wish for.
It is very well designed and and with big rooms with enough space for several people.
The bed allows one to sleep comfortably and there are ample of pillows available
In the kitchen you find basic cooking ingridients such as spices and rice or coffee.
What’s a bit complicated is the apartment door and it took us some time to figure out how to use it. Probably the host should include an extra video explaining it further.
Whenever there was a problem the host responded quickly and ensured that a solution could be found.
Only downside: while the windows are good; you can hear construction from opposite the street during the day time. That wasn’t too bothersome; what was more unfortunate was the fact that some unit in the same building is being remodeled and there was extremely loud construction noise coming through the walls (“the walls were shaking”) and during the day time we couldn’t wait to get out of the place. Construction noise was not there on a Sunday and after 5 pm so if you are exploring Istanbul it shouldn’t be too much of a problem, unless you plan on sleeping long on a week day.
Taksim is a few minutes walk up the hill. You reach the main shopping street either by crossing the street via the tunnel in front of the house ( not always open) or walk 2 minutes to the right side till the next traffic signal.
Would I stay there again ? Yes for sure - but hopefully by then the construction will be completed