ISTANBUL

Hotels:

There are many top class hotels and more budget properties to choose from in the city, some have particular historical importance;

Ciragan Palace:

This palace was built by Sultan Abdulaziz in 1861, who ascended the throne after Sultan Abdulmecit. It was designed by Nikogos Balyan and the construction carried out by Sarkis and Agop Balyan. In 1876, Murat V was placed in house arrest at ciragan on grounds that he was mentally ill and Sultan Abdulhamid took the throne. Murat lived at ciragan until his death in 1905.

The palace was being used as the house of parliament when it burned down in 1910. Today the restored ciragan Palace is a luxury hotel.

Pera Palas:

With its glory days in the past, a stay at the Pera Palas is more of a trip in a time machine than an attempt at making history. Built in 1892 as lodging befitting the exclusive passengers of the Orient Express, the hotel has an appropriately star-studded guest list: Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express in room 411; Ataturk made room 101 (now a museum) his home in the days preceding the Gallipoli campaign; and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Greta Garbo, Edward VIII, Josephine Baker, and Mata Hari all made stops here - their names adorn the rooms in which they stayed.

5 Star Options:

• Kempinski Ciragan Palace Hotel
• Hyatt Regency Istanbul
• Ritz Carlton
• Sultanahmet Four Seasons Hotel
• Ceylan Intercontinental Istanbul
• Pera palas
• Hilton Istanbul
• Divan Hotel
• Ortakoy Princess
• The Marmara Hotel
• Conrad Istanbul
• Eresin Crown Hotel
• Swissotel The Bosphorous

4 Star Options:

• Larespark Hotel
• Marmara Pera Hotel
• Elite Hotel
• Best Western Eresin Taxim
• The Madison Hotel
• Euro Plaza Hotel

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