Antalya Mardan Hotel, the pure gold of Turkish heavenly coasts welcomes you, if you want to feel yourself as a contemporary Turkish Sultan for a few days. Mardan Palace Hotel, the most expensive hotel in Europe opened its doors a month ago in Antalya Lara hotels region and shocked the world not only with its ultra high prices (£36 a glass of champagne, £6 for a coke) but also with its overall luxury level. The Azerbaijan billionaire oligarch Telman Ismailov easily buried at least a billion for this hotel making not only himself as famous as Abramovich but also free advertisement for Turkish tourism.
Here are a few remarkable facts about this ultra-star Antalya hotel.
- The hotel was inspired by Dolmabahce Palace, Galata Bridge and Maiden’s Tower of Istanbul
- The Ottoman style rooms decorated with classy objects from fashion idols like Hermes, Gucci.
- 2,500 tons of gold, 500,000 crystals and 23,000 sqms of Italian marble was used in both interior and exterior decoration.
- Swimming pool is one of the largest pools of the world. There is also a river like pool where gondolas can carry you in 30 minutes from one end to the other.
- 4 large aquariums to reflect different seas
- The private beach silky sands are brought from Egypt, 9,000 tons
- There are over 10 restaurants featuring all types of Turkish and world cuisine and 14 bars and clubs.
If you have a chance to afford some days staying in this hotel, do not miss the life time experience.
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Known also simply as Antalya Museum, it is one of the largest museums of Turkey. Actually, the foundation is owed to Italians ironically who occupied Antalya and south region of Turkey by the result of First World War. It is told that some Italian archeologists were carrying the valuable archeological items which was found around to Italian consulate. At that time, a teacher named Suleyman Fikri Bey seeing the danger, managed to assign himself as voluntary officer of antiquities by government decision and established a small museum at 1919 and have begun to collect items as well. Today, the museum is large and operates on 13 exhibition halls including ancient natural history hall (fossils, bones), prehistory hall, proto and classic period halls (Neolithic, Calcolithic, Early Bronze Age, Hellenistic age objects), the hall of Emperors which presents the golden age of Roman Empire with beautiful sculptures, the hall of burials tombs, the hall of mosaics and icons which includes Byzantine period, coins hall, Turkish-Islamic hall, ethnography section and a special children hall which presents toys, moneyboxes of ancient times.
Aqualand is the biggest waterpark in Antalya consisting of many water games, huge pools and waterfalls, long open and closed water slides ranging from 40 meters to 100 meters. The facility also consists of different snack-bars and restaurants. You will feel refreshed because you are surrounded also by beautiful natural trees and green.
DolphinLand is situated nearby and home to the super dolphin, white whale and sea lion shows. You can also enjoy swimming with dolphins. I have learned that the dolphins are from Black Sea and since the salt level in Black Sea is much less than in Mediterranean, the salt level is carefully controlled. A dolphin lives around 25 to 30 years and the dolphins here are 9 years old and eat sardines and mackerels.
Lara is the most popular district in Antalya having one of the longest beaches in Turkey especially in Kundu area, and home to the many interesting hotels to attract tourists. These hotels are exact replicas of world famous historical cities and buildings including Topkapi Palace, Kremlin and Venezia.
It is one of the most popular hotels in Antalya Kemer region offering all inclusive staying with lots of restaurants and full of activities.
