Which structure is older, the Dolmabahçe Palace or the Pera Palace Hotel?
Pera Palace Hotel The Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah (Turkish: "Pera Palas Oteli" ) is a historic special category hotel and museum hotel located in the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1892 for the purpose of hosting the passengers of the Orient Express and was named after the place where it is located. It holds the title of "the oldest European hotel of Turkey".
Beylerbeyi Palace The Beylerbeyi Palace (Turkish: "Beylerbeyi Sarayı" ), Beylerbeyi meaning "Lord of Lords", is located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul, Turkey at the Asian side of the Bosphorus. An Imperial Ottoman summer residence built in the 1860s, it is now situated immediately north of the 1973 Bosphorus Bridge.