Rejuvenating at the Pera Palace Istanbul by Inka Piegas-Quischote
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Travel Rejuvenating at the Pera Palace Istanbul By Inka Piegas-Quischote Timeless decadence displayed in the Kubbeli Ceilings alk about the royal Along came the Pera Palace. Orient Express was written in her a chauffeured limousine and upon neither in the suite nor in the skylights all will do this to you. You can either swim in the pool, keep conveniently. Just a few steps from treatment! If you plan to The art deco marvel opened its favorite room: number 411. A bit the arrival, the doorman will step out, the bathroom. During refurbishment, a treasure fit in the state of the art gym or Taksim Square, I took the metro to visit Istanbul and have a few doors in 1892 and featured the first worse for wear, the hotel closed for open your door and greet you by trove of Christoffl silver was have a Turkish bath and massage in the historical district of bucks to spare, there is no electrically operated elevator in a while to undergo extensive name even if you have never been a After unpacking, I went downstairs discovered hidden away in the cellar, the hamam. Beauty products used Sultanahmed, where all the famous better place to stay than the Turkey, as well as hot and cold renovation, which lasted a few years. guest before. It´s simply a nice touch to the famous Orient Bar, where which is now polished and used in are specially made for the Pera sites like Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Temblematic Pera Palace Hotel. You running water. It was also the venue In September 2010, it opened its and makes you feel welcome. many a writer downed more than the elegant dining room. Palace in France. Grand Bazaar and more are located, can´t beat it for location, of the first ever fashion show in doors again, more glamorous than a few cocktails and bottles of all within walking distance of each atmosphere, luxury and pampering. Istanbul in 1926. Countless ever before and with the addition I couldn’t get the Agatha Christie champagne. With a bit of Where, you might ask, does the Once in that blue wonderful world, other. Tram and metro are the best The hotel was after all first built to celebrities have stayed there, from of the latest amenities to cater to suite, now decorated in black and imagination, I could see Hercule rejuvenating part come in? Well it´s my worries vanished and I like to way to move around in Istanbul, far cater to the well heeled and famous Hemingway to Orson Welles to refined clientele tastes. burgundy red, but I had absolutely no Poirot sitting in a corner, twisting the modern spa, which is responsible think that with them, a few years better than taxi, because traffic in clientele who, following the fashion Attatürk, Greta Garbo and, of complaints of being allocated the his moustache and pondering his for that. Located in the lower floor, were shed as well. the city is diabolical at all hours. of the time, travelled on the Orient course, Agatha Christie. Let´s take the aforementioned royal Greta Garbo suite. Furnished with latest case; or Sarah Bernhardt, you enter an oasis of magic blue Express to the city on the Bosporus treatment step by step. The hotel antiques, among them a fabulous swishing in a whirl of silk, furs and light, soft music and every As far as sightseeing is concerned, Pedestrian areas around Taksim and had nowhere adequate to stay. Part of the thriller Murder on the will collect you from the airport in dresser, no luxuries were missing, pearls. The decoration, the ceiling, imaginable kind of beauty treatment. the hotel couldn’t be located more Square are full with shops, if you 1410 15 Travel Rejuvenating at the Pera Palace Istanbul By Inka Piegas-Quischote Timeless decadence displayed in the Kubbeli Ceilings alk about the royal Along came the Pera Palace. Orient Express was written in her a chauffeured limousine and upon neither in the suite nor in the skylights all will do this to you. You can either swim in the pool, keep conveniently. Just a few steps from treatment! If you plan to The art deco marvel opened its favorite room: number 411. A bit the arrival, the doorman will step out, the bathroom. During refurbishment, a treasure fit in the state of the art gym or Taksim Square, I took the metro to visit Istanbul and have a few doors in 1892 and featured the first worse for wear, the hotel closed for open your door and greet you by trove of Christoffl silver was have a Turkish bath and massage in the historical district of bucks to spare, there is no electrically operated elevator in a while to undergo extensive name even if you have never been a After unpacking, I went downstairs discovered hidden away in the cellar, the hamam. Beauty products used Sultanahmed, where all the famous better place to stay than the Turkey, as well as hot and cold renovation, which lasted a few years. guest before. It´s simply a nice touch to the famous Orient Bar, where which is now polished and used in are specially made for the Pera sites like Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Temblematic Pera Palace Hotel. You running water. It was also the venue In September 2010, it opened its and makes you feel welcome. many a writer downed more than the elegant dining room. Palace in France. Grand Bazaar and more are located, can´t beat it for location, of the first ever fashion show in doors again, more glamorous than a few cocktails and bottles of all within walking distance of each atmosphere, luxury and pampering. Istanbul in 1926. Countless ever before and with the addition I couldn’t get the Agatha Christie champagne. With a bit of Where, you might ask, does the Once in that blue wonderful world, other. Tram and metro are the best The hotel was after all first built to celebrities have stayed there, from of the latest amenities to cater to suite, now decorated in black and imagination, I could see Hercule rejuvenating part come in? Well it´s my worries vanished and I like to way to move around in Istanbul, far cater to the well heeled and famous Hemingway to Orson Welles to refined clientele tastes. burgundy red, but I had absolutely no Poirot sitting in a corner, twisting the modern spa, which is responsible think that with them, a few years better than taxi, because traffic in clientele who, following the fashion Attatürk, Greta Garbo and, of complaints of being allocated the his moustache and pondering his for that. Located in the lower floor, were shed as well. the city is diabolical at all hours. of the time, travelled on the Orient course, Agatha Christie. Let´s take the aforementioned royal Greta Garbo suite. Furnished with latest case; or Sarah Bernhardt, you enter an oasis of magic blue Express to the city on the Bosporus treatment step by step. The hotel antiques, among them a fabulous swishing in a whirl of silk, furs and light, soft music and every As far as sightseeing is concerned, Pedestrian areas around Taksim and had nowhere adequate to stay. Part of the thriller Murder on the will collect you from the airport in dresser, no luxuries were missing, pearls. The decoration, the ceiling, imaginable kind of beauty treatment. the hotel couldn’t be located more Square are full with shops, if you 14 1015 Travel fancy a spot of retail therapy and decided to have it in my room the on quality and service. breathes luxury. after a full day of enjoying all the next morning. Not only did it arrive in Endless relaxation possibilities at marvels of Istanbul. I made my way a timely fashion, but my eggs were I whiled a few hours away, just sitting What else could you desire to the Spa back to the Pera Palace and slept cooked to perfection and actually on the outside terrace overlooking rejuvenate? like an angel in Greta Garbo’s bed. hot! So was the coffee in a splendid the Golden Horn and enjoying a book. silver pot, whereas my orange juice They have a quite extensive library Pera Palace HotelJumeirah For me, the measure of quality of a was ice cold and freshly squeezed. with plenty of leather bound books Meşrutiyet Caddesi No: 52 hotel is room service. Instead of The Pera Palace is not a large hotel, (no cheap paperbacks). Every detail in 34430 Beyoğlu/Istanbul, Turkey having breakfast from the buffet, I which I actually like a lot, but it is big this hotel is thought out and +90 212 377 4000 Orient Bar IMAGES COURTESY OF PERA PALACE 16 17 Travel fancy a spot of retail therapy and decided to have it in my room the on quality and service. breathes luxury. after a full day of enjoying all the next morning. Not only did it arrive in Endless relaxation possibilities at marvels of Istanbul. I made my way a timely fashion, but my eggs were I whiled a few hours away, just sitting What else could you desire to the Spa back to the Pera Palace and slept cooked to perfection and actually on the outside terrace overlooking rejuvenate? like an angel in Greta Garbo’s bed. hot! So was the coffee in a splendid the Golden Horn and enjoying a book. silver pot, whereas my orange juice They have a quite extensive library Pera Palace HotelJumeirah For me, the measure of quality of a was ice cold and freshly squeezed.