The Palaces Of Turkey By Shereena Lingiah At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Turkey is a country of amazing architecture. Among the ancient cities, rural ruins and breathtaking mosques you can discover the historic palaces of the Sultans during your Turkey holidays. As well as the palaces and historical sites, there are the hotel palaces that will make your holidays in Turkey luxurious and comfortable.

Ishak Pasha Palace

In the east of Turkey, in the Agri province, is the Ishak Pasha Palace situated in a breath-taking elevated position. The palace is a popular destination for excursions on holidays in Turkey. Its high vantage point provides amazing views of the surrounding scenery around, with a commanding view of the plains, cliff faces and hills. This includes the majestic Mt Ararat peak in the distance.

A visit to the Ishak complex on your Turkey holidays will put you among pale orange walls, tall columns and high archways. The palace’s carved stone walls are decorated with runes and ridges, and the mosque within has a high domed roof over an airy inner chamber. The palace is named after the Ottoman governor that built it between the years of 1685 and 1784
You can visit here as part of a guided tour during your holidays in Turkey.

Topkapi Palace

The Topkapi Palace is just as impressive, but it is the interiors that take your breath away more than how it looks from the outside. The palace is made up a series of halls; with each new sultan, a new room was added to the palace, enabling modern visitors on Turkey holidays to track the changes in fashions through the generations.

The halls are ornately decorated and colourful with amazing colour schemes. One of the more spectacular halls is tiled with ivory, mother of pearl and sea turtle shells, with an adjoining fountain. For a long time this palace was the location for the sultan’s harem, so visitors on their holidays in Turkey can learn about the lavishness of the sultan’s lifestyle. They can also see the sultan's private bathing area.

Wandering through the courtyards and mansions within the palace walls you can see a maze of opulent buildings. In the treasury, you have the chance on your Turkey holidays to see the fourth biggest diamond in the world, which is called the Spoonmaker’s Diamond. The pear shaped gem is 86 carats and more than four centimetres tall. There is also a tooth and a hair from the Prophet Mohammed and the Topkapi Dagger.

The Hotel Palaces of Istanbul

There are two quality hotels in Istanbul that go under the name ‘palace’. The Bosphorus Palace Istanbul is a luxury hotel set in a renovated Ottoman mansion. It is located beneath the Bosphorus Bridge, so holidays in Turkey here will lie on a meeting point of the Asia and European continents. The hotel has a lovely view of the city and you can take a ferry to the opposite shore. The hotel has modern services such as Internet connections and valet parking, and is proud of its high standards of service.

The Best Western Empire Palace Istanbul has a very different view. It is located in Istanbul’s old town, and is close to the main attractions for Turkey holidays like the Sultan Ahmet “Blue” Mosque and the impressive Galata Tower. It is one of many high quality hotels you can stay in whilst on holiday in Turkey.

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