Before we booked this place, we were aware of the location and that there is noise coming from the busy Istiklal street. In reality,when the windows were closed, it did not disturb us at all. What made our stay in this flat truly horrible and basically ruined our holidays was the daily disco parties on the other side of the flat (bedroom side). This is a MAJOR fact that is not mentioned in the listing description. If we knew, we would have never booked. During our 6 night stay, there were 4 nights when we could not sleep. The music was so loud, even the earplugs do not help. The worst part was that our 2 small kids woke up and cried as they were scared from such a crazy loud music. It went till 12.30 am in the night. In more tha 10 years of our Airbnb experience we never had worse than this one.