MotelsPera Palace Hotel
Today I carry one of the most luxurious hotels in Istanbul, the golden age of Turkish, the Pera Palace. Today, in Istanbul, this hotel evokes the rich atmosphere of its heyday. Hotel Pera Palace Pera Palas Oteli or in Turkish, is one of the world’s most famous hotels, situated in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul. The Pera Palace was opened in 1892. A Belgian railway company, the International Society des Wagon-Lits et des Grands Express Europe, this hotel built to accommodate passengers on the Orient Express, a luxury train that goes non-stop from Paris to Istanbul.
The Franco-Arab architect, Alexander Vallaury designed the Pera Palace using a mixture of oriental style, rococo and neoclassical buildings reminiscent of other Turks. The hotel has six floors and approximately 145 rooms, many of which offer a spectacular view of Golden Horn. The hotel entrance with marble floors has the Orient Bar, among the world’s most memorable.
Restaurant Pera, on the ground floor of the building is an elegant restaurant where you can find an excellent selection of Turkish cuisine. In the late nineteenth installed an elevator in the lobby, the first electric elevator in Istanbul. The hotel has always tried to preserve its original character, with its decor and traditional furnishings.
The Pera Palace Hotel survived the end of the Ottoman Empire to the founding of the Republic of Turkey and two world wars. After 1918, the occupation troops moved into the hotel to establish their headquarters there. After the liberation of Istanbul by the Turkish nationalist movement of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1922, Turkish President stayed at the hotel to commemorate the liberation.
Orient Palace Hotel Pera Bar
The ownership and management of the Pera Palace has changed hands many times during the twentieth century. In 1977, a Turk called Hasan Suzer investor rescued the hotel of their semi-abandoned, spending a lot of dollars in restoration. In 2006, the hotel eventually closed for another round of restoration, a project completed by the end of 2009.
Since 1892, the Pera Palace has accommodated great personalities, diplomats and artists from around the world. Notable guests included among the very Ataturk, founder of the Turkish republic, whose room is preserved as a museum with original objects and furniture. Other prominent visitors were Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Mata Hari, Jacqueline Onassis, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock and Greta Garbo also stayed at the hotel.
One of the most frequent customers was the British novelist, Agatha Christie, whose room is still preserved intact in its honor. It is rumored that the novel Murder on the Orient Express, 1933, was written precisely in the Pera Palace.
Before closing for renovations, the Pera Palace was known by her charms rather than for its amenities. However, recent improvements that promise to bring comfort to the hotel offering all the major five star hotels. With a century-old tradition and excellence, the Pera Palace will combine modernity with great grandeur that lived in the past.