The place was down a hill and it took about 7 minutes to get to Taksim Square. The neighbourhood was relatively safe however I would not go out at night alone as a woman. The host was very kind. However, I would not necessarily recommend coming here as the place was quite dirty and there was a lot of dust, also some areas of the kitchen were sticky. It gets advertised as an apartment for 3 people but I don’t think the sofa is clean enough to sleep on. Wifi does not work properly.