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17 February 2012 - Altair Travel

The Mardan Palace is a luxury hotel in Lara, Antalya – the Turkish Riviera. The architecture of the hotel takes inspiration from the Ottoman Empire and the awesome Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. Being said to have spent 17 million dollars for cutlery sets and over 80,000 Euro for the antique armchairs, Mardan Palace is a unique hotel in the world famous for its luxury and splendour.

Mardan Palace is located 10km from International Antalya Airport and 15km from Antalya city center. It was built by Azerbaijani businessman Telman Ismailov. It was opened on 23 May 2009 and attended by Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Bellucci, Paris Hilton, Seal, Tom Jones and the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Some well-known football clubs like Shakhtar Donetsk and Steaua Bucharest, 2011 and respectively 2012, were guests of honor. The teams held their training camps in Antalya at the invitation of Telman Ismailov, who supported all the costs. It’s considered as Europe’s and the Mediterranean’s most expensive luxury resort. It cost $1.4 billion.

The corporate identity and website for the hotel was created by Brash Brands in Dubai, for which they received an International Design Award.

Mardan Palace Hotel is unique throughout the world with its 24,000m2 swimming pool within which is a sunken aquarium containing 2,400 fish. The hotel has 560 rooms, a 12,000 sq ft (1,100m2) spa, and its own beach containing 9,000 tons of sand imported from Egypt. 10,000m2 of gold, 500,000 crystals, 23,000m2 of Italian marble are used in the construction of the hotel.

A luxury spa retreat offers a comprehensive menu of pampering indulgence to help you to relax and revitalize. It includes saunas, aromatherapy bath, sole steam room, a variety of showers, Turkish bath, relaxation areas, fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment and meditation room overlooking the indoor pool.

Mardan Palace has extensive conference, meeting and banquet facilities with latest state-of-the-art technology, entertainment areas (amphitheater, cinema, and night club), fantastic children facilities and magnificent public places for guests to indulge all day and night long. Mardan Palace’s facilities offer all the services and sophistication that is expected of a top class hotel. And it is probably the most expensive hotel in the world where champagne costs £36 a glass which means that this place is awesome in every sense of the word.

Mardan Palace is a perfect decision and ideal choice to have a relaxing holiday, to enjoy a romantic break, to hold a business meeting, to unwind after accumulated stress, to delight in the best conditions of privacy and tranquility and to regain the well-being at any time of the year.

Source: Altair Travel

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