ISTANBUL – The hotel made famous in Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is celebrating is 125th anniversary and, with Turkish tourism in the dumps, this luxurious gem now happens to be a ...

THD can sum up Istanbul's character in a word, byzantine. The city is a wormwood of streets, passages, and bazaars, which also describes the know-how to know how to navigate the place. The one hotel ...

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If the Earth were a single state, Napoleon is reputed to have said, Istanbul would be its capital. He was likely (and aptly) referring to the ancient city’s firmly rooted place as a crossroads and ...

ISTANBUL – ISTANBUL (AP) — It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the ...

The Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah in Istanbul opened in 1892 primarily to serve guests of the luxury Orient Express train from Europe to Asia. The modern-day hotel claims that mystery writer and regular ...

PARIS, FRANCE- Duo sisters Ece and Ayse Ege who founded Dice Kayek, unveils their autumn winter 2021 women’s ready-to-wear collection. It's a collection steeped in a foray of cinematic intrigue ...

Midnight at the Pera Palace Season 2 (Pera Palas'ta Gece Yarısı) is a Turkish historical drama series that premiered on Netflix on September 12, 2024. The series is directed by Emre Şahin and is ...

We know ourselves to be lucky, sitting in this small elegant room, happy to be crowded in on these soft brocaded sofas as the swirling frost coats the world outside the large window panes. Here, ...

The Pera Palace first opened in 1892 to serve the well-to-do passengers arriving on the Orient Express. In recent years, as its carpets and upholstery frayed, it developed a sort of aging dowager ...