Wonderful hotel. The location is perfect - you are at the starting point of the ever exuberent Istiklal Street and the buzzing Taksim Square. The metro station is right in front of the hotel and all the transport options are easily available. The hotel is a delight to stay in - very comfortable rooms of more than the avearge size in Istanbul hotels. The only issue I have is that the mattress was a bit too soft. The breakfast was good enough by the European standards. The view from the rooms is great, on all 4 sides. Strongly recommended that should you wish to stay in the new Istanbul area, this is the hotel to be in.
We stayed for 2 nights at the Marmara on February. The hotel is at Taxim sq and the Bosphorus view rooms have a great great view. Rooms are nicely decorated, clean and the service is excellent. It does not have the luxury of a 5 star hotel.more of a 4 star i would say.but with a 6 star view. There is free high speed internet in the business centre, and free wifi also.The position is ok but in istanbul due to the terrible traffic u never know how much time it will take to arrive anywhere. We had a dinner at the roof garden restaurant which has very nice views over the city and Bosphorus. Food was good as was the service. Generally this hotel is a good choice to explore istanbul and have a really pleasant stay.
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I travel to Istanbul on business about 3 times a year. I have stayed at a variety of places. This time, I got a good rate at the Marmara Taksim, so I gave it a try. I was very pleased with the hotel. The location is excellent - right on Taksim Square so you can get to various parts of town and it is across the street from the subway. The room was a bit dated, but comfortable, with wonderful views. The true selling point was the staff: by far the friendliest and most helpful I have ever seen in Istanbul. And in a place where customer service is friendly, that is saying a lot. Everyone at this hotel was wonderful. I will stay there again.
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The hotel has really great location; the metro is only 2 minutes from the hotel, the Istiklal Street only 2 minutes from the hotel. There are a lot of cafes around the hotel. The service in the Hotel is very friendly, rooms are clean, comfortable and cosy. If you need non-smoking room a you just need to tell this to the reception upon your check in. The breakfast is very nice but this is not 5-star hotel breakfast. The is Free Wi Fi internet in the rooms. The luggage delivery is very poor as we had to wait 30 minutes to get our suitcases but we needed our luggage very urgently and we were calling to the front desk 3 times.
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The hotel is in a great location, bang in the center of it all with istiklal right across the street so there is plenty of things to do. The food within the hotel is terrible but there is a starbucks and an excellent restaurant called the kitchenette located right under the hotel so it makes up for it. The rooms are quite small but have the latest amenities so not much to complain there, although you can hear the street noise even from the 15th floor! Overall im not sure i would stay there again, would def stay at the hilton in taksim or swisotel.
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I have been several time in this hotel both for business and turism. The hotel is not new but the quality is still high. The location is just in the center of Istanbul and to go to historical part you can use the metro or do a long but nice walk in the city. The shopping area is very close. The room are nice and many of them are with a great view of the the sea. The breakfast is very rich, the service is good and the staff very efficient.
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We really enjoyed our stay in Marmara Hotel. The rooms are nice designed and big. The view from the rooms and especially from the roof (with the pool) is fabulous. We had always a place by the pool to relax after a day in the city. The location is perfect, the shopping area is a few minutes away and there are also a lot of different restaurants and bars around the hotel. The receptionist were very friendly and helpful.
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The hotel was great, the people are very nice, they were very nice with the children, the breakfast is good, the view out of the room was very pretty, the location was great the buses go there the taxis go there and the metro is there too, every thing was great.
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The best place to stay in Istanbul is close to Taksim as its always vibrant and busy. The Marmara is right on the beginning of taksim and has a metro station and bus stops across the street. The service was very good at the hotel and we were generally happy with our stay here.
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