yark_ni2025
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Don’t be fooled by the rooftop bar or Mikla restaurant. The Marmara Pera is nothing like what it pretends to be. I booked two nights and regretted it the moment I walked into my room.||The place feels like it’s been frozen in the 80s: wall-to-wall carpet, heavy curtains that look like they haven’t been touched in decades, and a generally old, dirty feel. Smoking may be banned now, but the smell still lingers faintly in the fabrics, like a ghost of the hotel’s past.||I asked to see another room. Same thing. I stayed one night since I’d be out most of the time, but that was a mistake. The walls are paper-thin—loud street noise outside, hallway noise inside—and I woke up multiple times feeling nauseated from the stale air.||The next morning, I went to cancel my second night. Expedia told me all they needed was a reply from the hotel confirming my checkout. I talked with Expedia in front of the the manager at the desk, Arman, and verified that they had received Expedia's email. He told me it would be answered Monday (the next day) and that I was “good.” I checked out based on that. The hotel never replied. Weeks later, I’m still chasing a refund. The only response I got from their staff was from someone named Nur who clearly hadn’t even read my ticket and replied along the lines of: “You should let Expedia know.”||For a little more money you can stay at a boutique hotel nearby or the beautiful and historic Pera Palace across the street, where I spent my second night. The difference was night and day.||Marmara Pera is a has-been hotel with a nice rooftop. Everything else is outdated, careless, and not worth your time.