"After
a two-year, $30 million renovation,
Istanbul’s Pera Palace is back on top. Built
in 1892 to host passengers of the
Orient-Express, the historic hotel was one
of the most luxurious of its era, welcoming
all kinds of royalty and celebrity guests,
including Agatha Christie, who is rumored to
have written “Murder on the Orient Express”
at the hotel. (Room No. 411 has been
preserved as the “Agatha Christie Room.”)
Stay tuned for details of the hotel’s grand
re-opening, slated for later this year…
Buzzworthy: Visitors can now partake in a
luxury eco-friendly tour of Istanbul for
Christie’s inaugural Green Auction,*
courtesy of the Pera Palace and Urbane
Nomads, a luxury travel company."~
Traveler, Five Star Alliance.
From iconic
palace conversions like the Ciragan Palace
or the sophisticated Four Seasons Bosphorus
to the sexy beach club Macakizi in Bodrum.
