The apartment is about a 25 minute metro ride from downtown. As someone from a small town, I personally didn’t feel very comfortable in this area of the city as it’s very much on the outskirts of downtown. It’s a daylight basement, so I did appreciate the privacy with the high windows and it felt very secure with bars on windows and whatnot. You can hear the metro running until midnight. Walking away from the metro, there are some good restaurants about 7 minutes away. We also enjoyed the Reliable Tavern across the street, great cocktails! We stayed 11 days, and the apartment had everything we needed - laundry, kitchen, full bath. With our longer stay, Alper even offered us a cleaning halfway through the stay which was great. If you are a person who is comfortable on the outskirts of the city and don’t mind the longer commute to the sights, this is a fine place to stay.