A stay at The Marmara Taksim places you in the heart of Istanbul, steps from Taksim Square and Istiklal Avenue. This luxury hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Bosphorus and 0.6 mi (1 km) from Galataport.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a sauna, a fitness center, and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Enjoy a meal at Tuti or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers 24-hour room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms.
Make yourself at home in one of the 388 guestrooms featuring minibars and LED televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and separate sitting areas.
"The location is excellent! They are directly above Taksim, and only about 2 mins to reach the metro station.
Views are pretty good if you get to face the taksim square, and the rooms are quiet too. However if you are facing the other city view on the left of Taksim square, good luck to you! They have a nearby club which plays super loud music all the way until 1am. Take note if you are sensitive to noise.
For the rooms with Bospherous views, personally i think it's not very worth it as the hotel is quite far from the sea. Hence although the views are nice, they are priced too high as the views are too far off (you have to pay about Euro 100 more to upgrade from corner city view to Bospherous deluxe room view).
For those who are sensitive to smoke, please take note the hotel is not smoke free. Only some levels are smoke free. However, we stayed on level 9 which is supposed to be smoke free, but we smelled cigarette smoke. Obviously people were smoking on a non-smoking level. When we gave feedback to the staff, they claimed that they will investigate but nothing was done. When we enquired further, they just changed our room to another even smaller room, although they gave us a higher floor with a Bospherous view. Try to avoid corner rooms on level 16. You wont even have space to put luggage.
One funny thing is that the hotel will try to push for you to download their app and self help via it. However it was not working for 2 full days. When we gave feedback to the front desk staff, they said their IT team will look into it and fix it by the night, but it was not resolved even until the next day. No idea why they even have the app when it is not even working.
Overall, our stay was not as enjoyable as we hoped it would be. The service staff was laggard and not helpful in solving the problems. And not all front desk staff are able to converse confidently in English."