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The Mardan Palace was inspired by the Ottoman empire and modeled after the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. It is luxuriously appointed with exclusive Hermés amenities. Advanced interactive multimedia systems with flat screen LCD TV and WiFi supply you with superior listening pleasure. Ultra luxurious 24-hour butler service is provided in every suite.

The hotel boosts its 560 rooms, only 2 are considered “royal suites.” Beyond the rooms, there’s a two-acre spa, a “vitamin bar,” a Champagne bar, a large botanical garden, a huge indoor aquariums, and a 900-person outdoor amphitheater.

The hotel’s pool is also the largest on the Mediterranean as well as the setting for the 600-guest party that announced the hotel’s entrance into the world of luxury resorts.

Gossip is already swirling around the hotel, loudly whispering that Mariah Carey and Tom Jones were paid over $1.5 million each for a brief performance at the hotel’s opening bash. Other paid celebrities rode the resorts’ Gondolas and attend the party for reportedly $20,000 each (including Richard Gere, Seal, Paris Hilton, and Sharon Stone). But at a resort that proudly proclaims its opulence as a tribute to “golden age of the Ottoman empire,” one would expect nothing less.

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