This is a very stylish apartment with the added bonus of a roof top terrace from where you can practically see the whole of Istanbul. The street below is bustling with bars and restaurants and live music but was not too noisy to interrupt our sleep. From this location we had two options to access the city centre, either use the funicular rail link to the tram stop for the T1 tram or walk down the hill past some beautiful little boutiques and restaurants and pick up the same tram but one stop earlier. Then it’s less than 10 minutes into the centre. Be sure to get a travel card from the machine near the tram stop and charge it with 50 lira cash which will last about 7 rides. We thoroughly enjoyed our 4 day visit seeing whirling dervish, food tasting tour, Hammam massage and grand bazaar and we are especially grateful to our hostess for being flexible with check in and check out times. Thoroughly recommend this experience to anyone wanting to immerse themselves in Turkish culture.