HotelChatter - Antalya

Mardan Palace Is Wacky, Glitzy and Has A Vacustyler

amandak — 2009-08-04T08:59:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Mardan_Palace_Turkey.jpg" class="top"> Any hotel that uses <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/26/85116/9377/hotels/Mariah_Carey_Lends_Her_Diva_ness_to_Turkey_s_New_Mardan_Palace">Mariah Carey and Tom Jones</a> for its opening entertainment is bound to offer a few surprises, and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mardan+Palace/ian/275130">Mardan Palace</a> in Antalya, Turkey, does that and more a whole lot more, if a recent <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1203838/The-Mardan-Palace-hotel-Turkey-Europes-brashest-wackiest-glitziest-resort.html">Daily Mail review</a> is anything to go on.The review throws a bunch of crazy superlatives around right at the start, calling the Mardan Palace the brashest, wackiest and glitziest resort they know. And then the amazing facts begin: the bowls in the Italian restaurant cost $840 each, the cutlery bill for the hotel was $28 million (which seems a little hard to believe, but...) and the hotel's private beach includes $1.7 million worth of imported

Mariah Carey Lends Her Diva-ness to Turkey's New Mardan Palace

Jenna — 2009-05-26T08:57:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/mardanpalace2.jpg" class="top"> When you're opening up a ridiculously expensive, lavish, opulent hotel whether the place is in Dubai or Dallas you want to bring out the biggest of the big guns when you're selecting your celeb starpower for the opening. Someone who is well-known to have the most discerning tastes; someone whose reputation for accepting nothing less than the best and finest goes unquestioned. That is: you may want to bring in a Diva. Yes, with a capital D. And who screams Diva more than anyone? Um, <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mariah%20Carey">Mariah Carey</a>. Duh. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/05242009/gossip/pagesix/working_holiday_170793.htm">Page Six </a>tipped us off to the news that Miss Mariah spent her Memorial Day-ish weekend with her husbie Nick Cannon in Turkey, where she

The Marmara Antalya's 'Revolving Loft' :: A Room With a View. And Another View. And Another View.

barbarab — 2007-08-02T15:00:28-05:00

While we are on the topic of hotel room views today....

In this fast-paced superlative-chasing world of ours--best, fastest, wildest--we were recently pleasantly surprised to find a new-to-us hotel that claims to be a first. The Marmara Antalya, on the Mediterranean in Anatalya, Turkey, bills itself as the world's very first revolving hotel.

Talk about a room with a view. Make that multiple views. The Marmara Anatalya's "Revolving Loft" is a 24-room wing that rotates between two and 22 times every 24 hours. For those who prefer stationery digs, the hotel's 208-room main building sits perfectly still 24-7.

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