Hotel
Pera Palace was built in 1892 in this area in order to host the Orient
Express’s passengers. Agatha Christie wrote the novel ‘Murder on the
Orient Express’ in this hotel. Agatha’s room is preserved as a museum
now.
In Pera Palace, over the years ,other guests are being
entertained, including Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Julio Iglesias , Greta
Garbo ,Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, Edward VIII (former King of England).
Galata
Tower & Galata Quarter Watchtower of the Genovese walls from 1349,
Galata Tower is the only surviving remains of that colony today and
stands a clear sight gracing the sky, growing out of current day
Beyoglu, overlooking the Golden Horn and looking across to the Asian
shores. The neighboring district nurtured a whole variety of cultural
minorities of the European in the nineteenth century. This distinct
foreign settlement, nearly on the entrance of the Golden Horn, was
suspiciously regarding by the population and thus Galata was denoted as
‘Pera’, which is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘opposite seashore’.
The concept of that approach is absurd today when it is the unreserved
shores of Europe and Asia that are the real contrary shores today . An
exciting tale and apparently not metropolitan legend associated with the
Galata Tower tells of how by name of Hazerfan Ahmet Celebi, one
enthusiastic inventor, clipped two home-produced wings to himself in the
sixteenth century and leapt off the upper towe
r atmosphere,
successfully gliding all the way across the Bosphorus to the town of
Uskudar safe and describe it one of the first flights. Today it houses
nightclubs and restaurant but be sure to take a ride up in the towers
modern lift and endeavor outdoors to the panoramic balcony from which
there are awesome views over the, Marmara Sea, the Bosphorus ,Golden
Horn and the brightly colored strips of Galata’s own residences. And
what a glorious point of view to finish the tour, mostly when the sun
sets down – all of Istanbul city magnificently extend at your foot in
gold! still on a high!
