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Rixos Pera Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey · Rixos · Core Luxury
On 1 October 1876 Beyoğlu opened the Royal Hotel, which the Turkish press calls the district's first international hotel, placed there because Britain wanted a house on the route to India. Said Halim Pasha owned it for a time. A courthouse used it later. Orjin bought the three blocks from the British Foreign Office in 2002, and the 2003 consulate bombing left one of them half ruined. Rixos took the operating lease and opened the restored hotel in May 2012: 116 rooms on Meşrutiyet Caddesi, 21 of them suites, Golden Horn to one side and Pera to the other.
- 116 rooms
- Opened 2012
- Neighborhood: Asmalı Mescit
- Rooms from 861 sq ft (80 m²)
About Rixos Pera Istanbul
- Eight marble columns in the lobby were brought from Italy as single pieces, and the hammam was lined in handmade tiles.
- Cafe Royal and Chapelle, two of the four rooms Emre Ergani ran at the 2012 opening, are still on the dining list. Era Rooftop is the later bar for the Golden Horn sunset.
- St. Helena Chapel is a one-minute walk. When Orjin bought the parcel, a chapel on it still served British Consulate staff, and a working church stood in the garden.
- Entry-level rooms start at 861 sq ft (80 m²).
History
Hotel Royal opened on 1 October 1876. The Turkish press calls it Beyoğlu's first international hotel, backed by Britain and the embassy because the route to India needed a house. Said Halim Pasha, also owner of Çiçek Pasajı, held it for a period. It later passed to Türk Petrol and then to the Medoviç family, and for a time it served as the Beyoğlu courthouse. Orjin Holding, Zafer Yıldırım and Zafer Kurşun, bought the three blocks from the British Foreign Office in 2002. They sat on the consulate parcel. A chapel still serving consulate staff was brought into the project with the church's permission, and a working church stood in the garden. The November 2003 bombing of the British Consulate stalled work for nearly a year and left one block half destroyed. Orjin's own boutique plan, the Orjin Pera, was meant to open in August 2005 and did not. In January 2011 Rixos signed a 20-year operating agreement. The hotel opened in May 2012 as Rixos Pera Istanbul: three buildings, 116 rooms of which 21 are suites. Fettah Tamince said it was full on the first day.
The setting
Kamerhatun Mahallesi, Meşrutiyet Caddesi No. 44, Tepebaşı, is the Pera ridge above the Golden Horn. İstiklal Caddesi is about 200 meters. The Pera Museum, in the old Hotel Bristol, is about a four-minute walk. St. Helena Chapel is listed a minute away, and St. Anthony's church is a few minutes further along the same slope. Asmalımescit and Çiçek Pasajı are the evening streets. Galata Tower is downhill toward the water.
Restaurants and bars
- Chapelle Bistro Bar — Restaurant · Bistro
- Şamdan 13 — Restaurant · Turkish
- Vetiver — Restaurant · Fine dining
Amenities
- Dedicated teams for private events
- Refined atmosphere, exquisite dining and exceptional service for private events
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