Going up to balcony, BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. After the second time I fell the same day I got there, I didn’t even go up to the rooftop balcony. It was terrible experience with my injuries to myself and expensive belongs. I know it’s close to Taksim square, but not worth the pain and hassle to bring luggage up for families and hurt yourself to go to a rooftop u see a quarter of the ocean from.