Agatha Christie's Istanbul

❤️ The Pera Palace Hotel is my favourite hotel in Istanbul; I visit it whenever I’m in the city. 🚂 It opened in 1895, built for passengers of the Orient Express. 🤩 This stunning Art-Nouveau hotel was the first in Türkiye to offer guests hot running water and had an electric elevator. 💎 As soon as you walk into the lobby, you know you’re somewhere special. It feels glamorous, with old-world vibes. 😉 The place is a splurge, but if you love historic hotels, the Pera Palace should be experienced at least once! 🤩 Many famous people have stayed here, including Queen Elizabeth II, Alfred Hitchcock, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Republic of Türkiye. 📚 Agatha Christie spent time in Istanbul in the late 1920s and 1930s and is rumoured to have written "Murder on the Orient Express" at the Pera Palace Hotel. 🍸 The hotel’s Orient Bar, with its luxe red chairs and Turkish carpet, is the perfect place for a cocktail and was once a hotspot for spies (Mata Hari), writers (Agatha Christie and Ernest Hemingway), and even royalty. 💕 MUST-DOs at the Pera Palace: 🍰 Indulge at the Patisserie de Pera, a pink jewel of a bakeshop cafe just off the lobby. 🫖 Enjoy afternoon tea in the Kubbeli Lounge with its spectacular glass domed ceiling. 🇹🇷 See Türkiye’s first elevator or the museum suite of the Republic’s founding father, Atatürk. 🍹 Enjoy cocktails at the Orient Bar. 🌟 If you love historic hotels with old-time glamour, then the Pera Palace is for you!