The room also was not cheap: at about 1,600 Turkish lira ($280) per night, it was a lot more than a regular room, which cost about 1,100 Turkish lira ($190). Available to book online, I was lucky to be able to reserve it for a single Tuesday night a little under a week in advance - every other date around it was already booked. Guests today can stay in room 411, known as the "Agatha Christie Room" because it's where she is believed to have stayed. And, of course, the author Agatha Christie - she is widely regarded to have written "Murder on the Orient Express" while staying at the hotel. A favored hangout of the movers and shakers of society, guests have included Ian Fleming, Greta Garbo, Mata Hari, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Britain's King Edward VIII, the Shah of Iran, Leon Trotsky, and even Atatürk (the founder of modern Turkey) himself, among others. It often indicates a user profile.Īn evening scene at Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel as seen in October 2019.ĭating to 1892, the Pera Palace is one of Turkey's grandest hotels. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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