My parents&myself had a wonderful 7days of stay at Azlinaz's gorgeous apartment in Istanbul. We were given another better apartment bcoz the one I booked needed some waterwork repair. It is a lovely apartment, well equipped with nearby shops selling fresh fruits,vegetables&groceries. A supermarket Sok is 10mins away, fresh fish&meat near Cicek pasaji. Some loud music frm surrounding clubs but it's Istiklal. Nice azan calling for prayers too. Due to I was travelling with my elderly parents, we used taxi a lot, there's a nice taxi stop with kind honest staffs, have effort in learning few phrases of Turkish. Kenan Usta Restaurant downstairs has faboulous food, reasonable prices. The kind staffs often helped to call for taxis too. We did Bigbus tour around Istanbul which stopped also at Taksim,500m from the flat. I am looking forward to return soon.