Splendid Otel, Buyukada. A hotel with a rich history on one of the beautiful islands near Istanbul. The hotel was built by Ottoman military marshal Kazim Pasha in 1908 in the place of Giacomi Hotel earlier destroyed in a fire. At the time it was also known as Kazim Pasha Hotel. The hotel in its first years was run by three waiters from the famous Tokatliyan Hotel in Beyoglu - Dikran, Tavit and Onnik. The Splendid was gloriously decorated with paintings by artists like Ratzowski and Mocel, crystal sets from Christofle and furniture from Lion.