This place is gorgeous!!!! I actually think the flat looks better than the pictures. The flat was immaculately clean and I mean spotless! Alexis and his mother met us at the flat and were very gracious considering we were later than we expected and I had forgotten to bring Alexis' direct phone number with me to let him know. The flat is close to Beyagalu's main shopping district and many restaurants But yet on a quiet side street. The tram is easy to catch down the hill and to get there you will walk by many antik shops and little resturants where locals frequent. There is a a semi-steep road to have to walk up when returning from the tram, but truthfully I think that is just part of vacationing in Istanbul. There are winding streets along a hillside everywhere you go. I do not have one complaint about the flat. I was perfect!!