Introduction

I had to book a hotel for the night before going to the one arranged for me , as i arrived one day earlier than planned and it was full already , so searching for an alternative i came across Accor and found out they have two hotels there , the classical combo = ibis + novotel

I went there cause i had no time to book something else and price wasnt high

Check In

Arrived straight from the airport

Only to be told to wait , as for some reasons issues appeared in hotel booking systems and my room wasnt ready yet

So 10 mins later i was able to pay and check-in .

While my mastercard card support multicurrency accounts , the hotel POS system refused to allow me to pay with TRY (turkish liras) and gave me DCC as only "choice" , and of course with rates worse than forex market or even ATM banks

Problem quickly solved with amex , no DCC , thanks , goodbye !!

In case of similar issues while in turkey , you can pay by cash , and i can recommend a bank called ziraat bankasi , which allow you to withdraw money without fees (at least from their side)

The hotel also offer spa and even a pool apparently , but i had no time and energy to try , same for restaurant and breakfast . Plus restaurants in Konya are super good and cheap so no need for that

At that time 1 euro was around 15 TRY , of course few days later it went up

Location

The hotel is located at the edge of the city center near residential areas

Some useful shops and restaurant downstairs

but dont get excited cause you cant go there by foot

You would need to cross the highway for that , so thanks not my time

While isolation was ok , if you are super sensitive to noise ,ask for room in higher floors and on the opposite side from the highway

Room

Got exactly what i booked and i think there was no way to get upgraded as all rooms are the same anyway

Room was enough for 2 persons to move freely , i cant see more than 2 staying there

The room feature some furnitures which reminds me of novotel (but not 100% or maybe it was old ones , cause i havent been to another novotel for a while besides warsaw)

About desk and sofa , nothing special to say until i noticed a detail about both

The chair and sofa are from the same turkish company (Sandalyeci) that created those huge chairs you see in some airports

TV was quite big as expected

The russian channels didnt dissapeared from the lists unlike in western europe

However a lot of regular channels are not available , so choice is in fact limited (even more if you dont wanna watch turkish channels)

The strange smell was explained by the fact that my room is for smokers

This feature is still available in turkey

Besides that few items broken or not working correctly , such as thermostat or a phone in bathroom

Anyway , in my case i mostly needed a place to sleep cause i was super tired

Overall

Long story short , this hotel needs some refurbishment

If you have a stay in this city for more than a day , just ask for a better non smoking room upfront before check-in , cause there are weddings organised there , so you dont want to enjoy turkish pop until 2am

i cant say anything about breakfast or swimming pool cause i wasnt aware or too tired to wake up before 11am , but as i said plenty of good and cheap food options in konya

So my advice is to just book Ibis nearby , cause this hotel is definitely not 5 stars (stars means nothing in turkey , cause they got it by playing lottery) , and ibis is usually half cheaper

For the record here is the room that was waiting for me in another hotel , more or less same price (Bayir Diamond Hotel & Convention Center) than novotel but it was worth the visit