What was good, staff are excellent, location is nice, outdoor pool area is spacious with plenty of beds. Cost of the room was good.
Not so good. Noise from discos very loud in our room on floor 14 and ruined both Saturday and Sunday nights sleep. You can also hear the lift alert from many floors as it arrives due to open middle balcony section and poor sound proofing in the rooms, it’s a constant chiming. The mattress was sagging and hurt both our backs, pillows either too soft or too hard.
The worst thing though is the price of everything. For example, shop price of an efes beer is around 80tl bar price is 500tl
2nd Best rated massage based on t advisor and hamman in Istanbul was €65 each for couple to have 75 minute full body, face mask, hamam massage, foam and scrub. Hotel price for this (with 50 min massage and no face mask) would be €220 each.
The facilities are generally good but need repair, hot tubs don’t really work any more and are thick with dirt near the top. Bowl of cold fries is €10 and always there is an extra 13% service charge on top of the crazy prices.
So it’s a good room rate but expect to pay back the savings if you buy anything during your stay.