Getting to Julie's place from Taksim was easy, when we arrived we just walked down Tarlabasi blv. from the Havabus stop in Taksim. Someone was there to ley us in and show us around the apartment right away. The apartment is beautiful, we really enjoyed having somewhere nice to come back to at night. We also stayed in and cooked on New Year's Eve and found plenty of pots/pans etc in the kitchen to do this. We easily got some groceries from right down stairs across the street - the people who work there were very nice! We had some minor issues with the heat, but only i the living room/kitchen as the bedroom has a very effective unit heater. It wasn't unbearable in the other rooms, but was a little uncomfortable. The bed was comfortable and we had all the towels/blankets etc that we needed during our stay.