The hotel even has a museum room. With a sign "101st" on the door. He was particularly fond of Mustafa Atatürk, a politician to whom Turkey owes its statehood. Here are collected historical documents, medals, things related to his rule. Anyone can visit the memorial room. The number of such rooms in Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah could be opened in plenty. During its history, a whole galaxy of celebrities visited here: writers, actors and actresses, public figures. Now the names of many of them are called suites. It is believed that Agatha Christie wrote the Murder on the Orient Express here. The memory of this is preserved in the name of the hotel’s restaurant — Agatha. The hotel was built in the art-nouveau style (the building dates back to the 1890s) with elements of neoclassicism and Istanbul flavor. Last year, the British decorator Anushka Hempel, a frequent guest of the hotel, who had long dreamed of associating her name with him, redesigned the lobby and the tea room and library, which are obligatory for the hotel of the east and the beginning of the last century.

Once, the first electric elevator in Istanbul appeared at the Pera Palace (by the way, it still raises guests to the floors). Today it houses one of the most modern spa centers in the city. Along with the technical "bells and whistles" there is a traditional hammam. In addition to the usual procedures there are practiced, for example, hydrotherapy (treatment with water jets, which are served under great pressure).

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