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| Location | Lara, Antalya, Turkey |
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| Opening date | May 23, 2009 |
| Owner | Telman Ismailov |
| Cost | $1.4 billion |
| Rooms | 560 |
| Website | www.mardanpalace.com |
The Mardan Palace is a luxury hotel in Lara, Antalya, Turkey, built by Azerbaijani businessman Telman Ismailov.[1] It was opened on 23 May 2009 and attended by Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Bellucci, Paris Hilton, Seal, Tom Jones and the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[2] It's considered as Europe's and the Mediterranean's most expensive luxury resort.[3] It cost $1.4 billion. It has the Mediterranean's largest swimming pool[4] within which is a sunken aquarium containing 2,400 fish.[5] The hotel has 560 rooms[6], a 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) spa, and its own beach containing 9,000 tons of sand imported from Egypt.[7] 10,000 m2 of gold, 500,000 crystals, 23,000 m2 of Italian marble are used in the construction of the hotel.[8]
The corporate identity and website for the hotel was created by Brash Brands in Dubai, for which they received an International Design Award.[9]