Absolutely clean, absolutely affordable, but absolutely disappointing area.

I feel strange because I have never had a bad thing to say about an AirBNB experience. However, my boyfriend and I have stayed in Istanbul a number of times in various AirBnB spaces, and getting to the Dream Flats was the only time we have felt uncomfortable in the Taksim area. From Ikistal, you have to walk down steps and under a bridge to get to the flats. There are abandoned buildings next to the flats and it is located on a very steep street, like an alley. There were kids playing with BB guns and shooting them off through the night. If it was longer than two nights, we would have changed our stay.

I have to be honest in this review, because I would not recommend women traveling alone or groups of women to stay here. My boyfriend is Turkish, and even he wasn't comfortable!

With all this being said - I do have to highlight how impeccably clean the space was. The appliances were brand new and they gave us new towels. Sigh... I just wish we felt more comfortable staying in the apartment and not worrying about coming back too late.