Городской отель без пляжа City hotel without a beach

We bought a tour from Pegas. Everything is fine, flight, transfer (two of us, as vip-persons, were taken back to the airport in an individual minibus). The guide is always at the hotel, he analyzes all questions carefully.
Atalla Hotel Center 3 * in the Muratpasha area, a 10-minute walk from the old town of Koleichi. The area is dirty, oversaturated with transport, people. But, at the same time, there are many shops large and small, tram lines of the old tram and the new tram (ground metro) are 2-5 minutes walk away.
Travel by card only, cash is not accepted. The cards are sold at the stops of the new tram from 9 am to 4 pm with breaks of 15 minutes. At the same stops there are devices for replenishing cards, or for checking the balance. You can buy cards from drivers, in some shops, in some hotels. Cardboard and plastic cards. Cardboard costs 5 lira, debited upon activation of 0.8 lira. The fare is 2.6 lira in buses and metro, 2 lira in the old tram. When entering the transport, apply the card to the reader, which shows the amount of payment and the balance. Cardboard card can only be topped up at sales kiosks or special centers 5 times for 10 liras, it is valid for a week. A plastic card costs 10 liras, hotels sell it for 15-20 liras. Charged upon activation of 5 lira. You can top up as many times as you like and pay for several passengers. The dollar exchange rate is 1 $ = 3.4 lira in September 2017.

Hotel Atalla Center is a typical urban small hotel 2*-3*. Photos on the sites in the description of the hotel correspond. The hotel is not a beach hotel, there is no transfer to the beach, you need to get to the public beach by transport on your own. Konyalti beaches (bus 08 and 71, old tram) and Lara (bus 08 in the other direction). The hotel has an elevator. 7 floors. Lobby with comfortable seating.
The restaurant is small and clean on the minus zero floor, that is, below the reception. Cleaning everywhere is very active and very Turkish)), a lot of movement and noise, but the dust is still there. All floors are cleaned by three women. What is missing, everyone will give out with smiles. All the staff are smiling and joking, but they don't know English or Russian. The rooms are super small but bright and cosy. In the bathroom, two people cannot turn around. But there is a shower, not a curtain. Plumbing is old and falling apart. There is always water, but only cold in the evenings. The light is not turned off, but there are short interruptions. Air conditioning is good, free of charge. The fridge is just a little cold. TV only with Turkish channels. Safe at the reception for a fee, $ 2 per day. The bathroom has soap and shampoo. Clean linen, 4 towels, slippers. The rooms overlook either the roadway or the courtyard with garbage and dogs howling all night. Meals: breakfast - four types of jam, white bread, croutons, coffee-tea, boiled eggs, two types of Turkish cheese, soy sausage, chopped vegetables. Dinner - stewed vegetables (sometimes interspersed with minced meat or small pieces of chicken), chopped vegetables, vegetables in yogurt, bread, rice, potatoes. There are no fruits, once every 4 days a watermelon. Dishes are good and clean, cleaned quickly. Breakfast from 8 to 10, dinner from 19 to 20. You need to arrive 10 minutes before the start, because everything ends in 20 minutes. Water from coolers is free at any time of the day in the restaurant or bar. Wi-Fi is free, you need to take the password at the reception. There are many guests, Russia, Ukraine, Turks. Some take a day to wait for a flight, as there is a metro-tram nearby, it goes to the airport. The hotel is too modest to be sold by tour operators, and even in beach tours. I wouldn't stop there again.
The weather is sunny, during the day 38-40, at night 26-30. Water 29-30. Beginning of winds and waves.
Seasonal fruit grapes, peaches, figs, plums, very cheap, less than a dollar per kilogram. In clothing markets and super discount stores. The weather is sunny, during the day 38-40, at night 26-30.

ATMs for currency exchange do not give out change. From 20 dollars during the exchange, they lost 2.5 dollars. The check indicates that the balance can be received at any bank in the system, but in reality this is not the case. You need to write a letter to Istanbul with a request to pay the missing amount.
All shops accept foreign currency, but give change only in lira. Public transport is free on public holidays. On our trip, we caught Bayram Festival. For four days we traveled free of charge in buses and the surface metro.