With summer time approaching fast you might start thinking about this year’s vacation.
If you decide to go to Turkey, try to visit (or stay at) the Mardan Palace in Antalya. This luxurious hotel was opened yesterday and is probably the most luxurious hotel in the world. It was built by Telman Ismailov for $1.4 billion.
For “only” $18,300 a night you can enjoy: 30 min gondola ride across the blue water pool, 11 Italian restaurants, a 2,400 fish aquarium, 9,000 tones of white sand imported from Egypt, the 500,000 crystals and 23,000 square meters of Italian marble.
The opening ceremony which brought a flock of celebrities and stars like Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Belluci, Mariah Carey, Seal, Tom Jones and Paris Hilton cost $35 million. The invited guest enjoyed a $2 million laser show and a tasty dinner. The menu included:
950 Atlantic lobsters
45 kilo Beluga khaviar
Hundreds of kilos, oysters and shrimps
1 ton, calf, chicken, lamb meat
600 pheasants and other hunt birds
5 kgs truffle champignons
400 kilos chocolates
65 kilos duck liver
10.000 eggs
200 bottles of Chateau Mutton Rotschild
200 bottles of Chablis Grand Cru