PERA PALACE ISTANBUL
Mesrutiyet Cad. Nr:98, Tepebasi
Taksim, Istanbul, 80050 TR

	RATING:	FLOORS: 6
	ROOMS:  145	SUITES : 6

With a breath taking view of the Golden Horn, Hotel Pera Palas offers the best in quality and comfort.  This 6 floor and 145 rooms, including 6 suites, hotel is equipped with all the modern comforts to make you stay more enjoyable.  Our Hotel is at your disposal for any event with its ballrooms and meeting rooms (which are available for business meetings and seminars for up to 500 persons).  Our exprienced personel are ready to serve you 24 hours a day.

Don't forget to take advantage of the wonderful selection of Restaurants.   The Main Restaurant offers a beautiful panoramic view over Golden Horn and the Pera. Open everyday for lunch and dinner with a cheerful setting and quality refreshments. The most beautiful terrace in town is located at the Mirror Restaurant. Open daily from 6.30 am to midnight.  For strollers and people on the go (pizza, pasta, desserts) don't miss out on the pleasant sidewalk terrace at ground level called the Pasha.  If sweets are on your mind one of the best patisserie is within arms reach. Open every day from 6.30 am to midnight.  The celebrated Orient Bar of the Pera Palas offers an exciting history as once being the lair of spies such as Mata Hari, Kim Philby and Cicero. In the past, many Turkish intellectuals frequented the Orient Bar almost daily.

The Pera Palas, designed by the French architect Alexander Vallaury, opened October 1891. Among the visitors of Pera Palas are: r, Ismet Inönü, Celal Bayar, Adnan Menderes, Fahri Korutürk, Refik Koraltan, King Zogo of Albania, Shah Riza Pehlevi of Iran, King Edward VIII of England , King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Carol of Romania, president Tito of Yugoslavia and Jacqueline Kennedy, Giscard d’Estaing, Von Papen, Mata Hari Cicero, Agatha Christie, Yehudi Menuhin, Marie Bell. Pera Palas, which lived through the Ottoman decline, the founding of the Republic, two world wars and not to mention changing political, social and economic conditions has become a token of history.