A birthday the stuff dreams are made of at the Hotel Pera Palace and the Soho House Istanbul

This year I chose Turkey as my destination to spend January 13, my birthday, and I really made the most of my trip to enjoy a fantastic stay in Istanbul.

Hotel Pera Palace

This time I decided to lodge at the Pera Palace, the oldest hotel in Turkey, famous for being frequented by the renowned writer Ernest Hemingway when he visited Istanbul. I was lucky enough to actually stay in the same room that Greta Garbo had occupied years before. The Pera Palace is a building that oozes history, with incredible views of the Golden Horn.

And if the Pera Palace is the epitome of luxury and nostalgia, then the Orient Bar is up there with it. With a decor styled on the Orient Express, the Orient Bar is the venue of choice for Istanbul’s high-society meetings.

Birthday dinner at the Soho House Istanbul

I wanted to celebrate my birthday in style by dining out at the Soho House Istanbul, a stylish venue that serves international food with major influences of Asian cuisine.

The culinary delights of the Soho House Istanbul are complemented by this eatery’s painstaking decoration, which creates an ambience of luxury and glamour in which nevertheless diners feel like they are at home at all times. The Soho House is one of the best restaurants in Istanbul and a veritable must for fine-dining foodies.

Hotel Pera Palace
Meşrutiyet Caddesi No:52,
34430 Tepebaşı Beyoğlu/İstanbul
+90 212 377 40 00

Soho House Istambul
Evliya Çelebi, Meşrutiyet Cd. No:56,
34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul,
+90 212 377 71 00