Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul
Kempinski · Bosphorus: Beşiktaş & Ortaköy · Istanbul
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the palace the Balyan family built for Sultan Abdülaziz in the 1860s stands on the Bosphorus at Beşiktaş, its hotel wing opened in 1990 and the palace wing in 1992, with the Sultan Suite and the garden on the water – and the house holds five-star standing.
- On the Bosphorus at Beşiktaş, beside Yıldız Park; a Kempinski house.
- The hotel wing (1990) and the palace wing (1992), with the Sultan Suite; the palace garden on the water.
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star 2026 for the hotel; holds five-star standing.
The neighborhood
Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus · Bosphorus: Beşiktaş & Ortaköy — Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net) · CC BY-SA 4.0Bosphorus: Beşiktaş & Ortaköy
The European shore of the Bosphorus from Dolmabahçe Palace to Ortaköy and Kuruçeşme, home to five of the twelve hotels. Along it lie the palaces and waterside mansions, the ferry piers of Beşiktaş and the mosque and cafés of Ortaköy under the bridge, with the Zorlu Center up the hill.
- The Bosphorus, at the garden.
- Yıldız Park, across the road.
- Ortaköy, ten minutes on foot along the shore.
“The palace of Sultan Abdülaziz on the Bosphorus at Beşiktaş, its garden on the water, with five-star standing.”
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