Historical Preferred Hotel

Only good thing of the hotel is the location, few minutes away walking from the historical center, and by the tram line for crossing to the newer side of the city. Rest is very low quality, even though for us was enough, but we are used to much better standards. Room was very old and small, not enough closet space for the clothes of both of us. There was a TV with digital receiver, but there was no antenna cable, so totally useless. One mini bar, emtpy and not even cold. Air conditioning didn't work at the beginning, but I realized it was because of the batteries of the remote control, so I changed them for the ones in the TV remote control, and then I got it working. Very basic bathroom, but everything worked fine there. There was no lock inside the room door, no safe box (as advertized) inside the room. Breakfast was extremely simple, bread (no toaster), jam, butter and some veggies, tea and hot water for insfusion or Nescafe... I felt like I paid too much for that "hostel".

Staff were very friendly..

Overall ok for the price, staff were very friendly ( alot of reviews say turkish staff unhelpful? not so here.) Room was basic, breakfast very limited but edible. Only major complaint was being charged the full room price ( conveniently quoted in lira, !!) when deposit had already been paid to hotel club. Apparently this is common. However unlike many hotels in this region really easy to find as 5 mins walk from the train station, and makes a good base for budget travelling.

Hotelroom booked was not available. Got a spare (?) room: no working hairdryer, no working curtains (could only be seen after closing them), toilet in the shower, no towels (should be brought later, but never came) and no remote control for the satellite set-topbox. After that, transfer to a satisfactory room (as booked and paid for), but with no satisfactory compensation. Seaview should not be taken too literally: some water could be seen.