Beautiful apartment, with a cute little garden . Unfortunately I was unable to appreciate the apartment fully as I was out every day, and only used it to shower & sleep. no street noise at all considering how close it is to Taksim square. Tram stop is a 5 min walk down a hill to take you to the Old City, (very steep up hill to come back, like all of Istanbul). Great host. had a small issue with no iron but resolved right away. I would definitely stay again.