Sunset Istanbul is located on the hills of Ulus and has one of the greatest views of Istanbul, overlooking the Bosphorus.

The food is excellent and a mixture of international cuisine and Turkish dishes. It also has an excellent Sushi Bar attended by Japanese chefs trained in their native homeland. If not ordering from the sushi or sashimi menu, other appetizers include foie gras on mandarin brioche, octopus carpaccio or salmon tartar. Lighter starters include wild mushroom risotto or mixed greens with herbs grown in the on-site garden. Main course is a medley of land and sea with veal chops and grilled T-bone vying with grilled monkfish or lobster linguine. A traditional Turkish menu is also on hand for more-authentic menu options like kebabs or lamb shank and a top international wine list.

Sunset Istanbul offers an enormous outdoor dining roof draped in white triangular canopies that perfectly frame the city skyline and nearby waterfront. Inside, a more sedate setting of floor-to-ceiling glass windows surrounds a lofty dining room with pendant lighting and neutral color scheme or creams and whites. Off the main terrace is a hip bar and large lounge area with candlelit tabletops and barstool seating that captures some of the best upscale singles crowds in the city for weekend live music and midnight mingling.

Address:
Sunset Istanbul
Adnan Saygun Caddesi, Yol Sokak No:2,
Ulus Parkı, Ulus İstanbul
Tel: +90 0212 287 03 57 / 58

Website www.sunsetgrillbar.com

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The owner of Al Jamal, Izzet Çapa, whose name is well known amid Istanbul’s nightlife, also created Cahide. Just like Cahide, the food is delicious and the show is great.

There is a choice between the Turkish raki and international fine wine. There are regional fresh meze, which include yoghurt, muhammara, manti, eggplant salad, and hummus.

Feel like a sultan in the harem like interior design and fascinating mixture of “western” and “oriental” music. Warm appetizers, including falafel, lahmacun (Turkish pizza with minced meat), and çig börek are served as a live singer makes it through the tables, followed by a live Beautiful, breathtaking belly dance performance.

An impressive number of celebrities and draws loyal clientele from destinations all over the city and the world.

Al Jamal offers a truly one-of-a-kind Istanbul event experience with a great Bosporus view.

Address:
Al Jamal
Taskisla Cad. No:3 Macka Demokrasi
Parki ici
tel +90 231 0356

For more information visit Capamarka.com

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In Sortie you will find several fine restaurants. After dinner you move to the dance floor and enjoy the lounge music which echo’s over the Bosphorus. Reservation is a must

Address:
Sortie Istanbul
Muallim Naci Cad. No: 141
Kurucesme – Istanbul

Tel: +90 212 327 8585

For more info visit Sortie’s website www.sortie.com.tr

Anjelique is the leading candidate for the best and most popular site of Istanbul in the summer; an address for fun, chill-out and full enjoyment with fascinating view and decoration.

Top specialties of Anjelique are the lively feeling of the place, the majestic view of Bosphorus and the menu consisting of different flavours. Decoration is designed and renovated by Mahmut Anlar (Geomim Architecture). The simplicity of the decoration and specially angled mirrors bring wide-spectrum of Bosphorus inside Anjelique.

Anjelique Istanbul is a very cool place, dancing under the stars, packed after midnight with super-rich crowd of models and the happy few people with a majestic view of Bosphorus hidden at Anjelique.

Address:
Anjelique Istanbul
Muallim Naci Cad. Salhane sok. No:5
Ortakoy – Istanbul

Tel: +90 212 327 2844

For more info visit www.istanbuldoors.com or follow on facebook

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On Sunday, July 19 it will be the 21st time for the international European / Asian swimming event on the Bosporus. The swimming event is a very special happening. Besides the swimming event, there are also rowing and sailing.

Everyone 14 or over can participate in the event. During the first time there were 70 participants at the waterfront. Last year there were as many as 500 people participating.

The recreational game is scheduled between 10.00-13.00. No ships or ferries are allowed on the Bosporus during the swimming.

Contestants who are in the first three places in their categories at the Bosphorus 2009 International Swimming Competions are awarded gold, silver and bronze medals.

All updates as to competitions will be announced and information on the event can be found at www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr.

Address:
Cubuklu 29
Pasabahce Yolu
No:24 Cubuklu
81650 Istanbul

Tel: +90 216 322 2829

For more info visit Club 29’s website www.cubuklu29.com

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Live the beauty of Istanbul, and witness a unique view of the Bosphorus at Lebiderya. In the hot summer nights you will be relaxing with the light seabreeze on our entirely open terrace.

In order to live the beauty of İstanbul, to be enchanted by the magic of the Bosphorus and to witness the unique view of the moonlight we welcome you to Lebiderya.

In the hot summer nights you will be relaxing with the light seabreeze on our entirely open terrace and in the cold winter days Lebiderya turns into a friendly and warm location where you and your companions have a chat.

With its menu from different cuisines and its ever smiling service Lebiderya is the place for celebrations o for a regular night out.

Lebi derya is located on Kumbaracı yokuşu, which is the first left from Richmond hotel after passing the Galatasaray High School (Lycee de Galatasaray). We are located 100m. downhill on the right hand side.

Address:
Lebiderya
Kumbaracı Yokuşu, Kumbaracı İş Hanı
No: 57/6 Tünel
Beyoğlu İstanbul

Tel +90 212 293 49 89

website www.lebiderya.com

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For the past 33 years the Bosphorus Bridge has been one of Istanbul’s most important symbols. It has now been decoratively illuminated under a project for the decorative illumination of historic buildings and city symbols that is ongoing as a part of the effort to make a global city of Istanbul that has been nominated European Cultural Capital for 2010 by the European Union.

For the outdoor lighting design of the Bridge, state-of-the-art LED systems are used as illumination devices. The ability to obtain many different colors of light different from standard light sources, over long service life, and very low energy consumption can be cited among the most important features of LED systems. The current illumination system of the Bosphorus Bridge consumes 182 kW electrical power whereas the new one consumes approximately 50% less energy. After the software of the new system allowing various illumination effects has been downloaded to the computer it allows color and light demonstrations. A considerable energy saving is achieved thanks to the new illumination taking account of the illumination systems of other famous suspension bridges all over the world. The Istanbul Strait has also gained a much different profile thanks to its decorative appearance.

The lighting technology

For the illumination of the Bosphorus Bridge three types of luminaires with LEDs were used. For the columns of the bridge, LED-line type products 45-60W with a length of 120 cm, depending on the model, were used; for the railings, LED-line type products 13W with a prismatic glass making them easily visible from different angles and with a length of 60 cm were used; and for the suspension cables, and for the nodes on the main cable, LED Module luminaires 4.5W with 1W Power LEDs in red, blue, green and white were used.

The lighting designers used 1760 pcs LED Modules for the suspension cables, 664 pcs LED Modules for illumination of 166 nodes on the main cable, 60 cm 478 pcs prismatic glass LED-line luminaires for illumination of the railings, and total 120 cm 852 pcs LED-line luminaires in three different levels, namely sea level, road level and peak level of columns for illumination of the columns. 6304 channel information is transmitted to LED luminaires from the tower control building in one tenth of a second for controlling LED Module luminaires at nodal points on the suspension cable and main span, enabling fluent and constant light scenarios. Total 2318 channel information is sent for illumination of the railings and columns. The large number of channels is for the purpose of controlling all the luminaires used on the bridge separately at different times depending upon various scenarios. This makes the new illumination system of the bridge a dynamic illumination allowing implementation of various light scenarios unlike traditional switch on-switch off stable decorative illumination.

The stunning lighting makes the bridge the top photo spot of Istanbul.
Did you shoot any photo’s yet of the Bosporus bridge with the new lighting?

The renovation took 2 years and 1,3 million euro has been spent to create the most top location of Istanbul. Gaja Roof is located on 16th floor of Swiss Hotel with a fascinating Bosporus view.

Everything is thought in details. The cook Dominic Scott Jack , is transferred from one of the most famous Paris restaurant Taillevent. Gaja Roof has 119 different type of wine. For wine lovers, they can offer one of the best Bordeaux wine, Chateau Latour or one of the best Californian wine, Opus One, or Italian Sito Moresco, Langhe Rosso, Angelo Gaja or Sassicaia. The choice is up to you.

OVERSEE ISTANBUL WITH GAJA RESTAURANT PRIVILEGE

Indispensable address of summer nights Gaja Roof, in the winter season, is preparing to welcome the guests on the 14. floor of Swissôtel with the new name Gaja Restaurant. Gaja Restaurant, offers unique tastes together with a perfect bosphorus view …

Gaja Restaurant, which is on the 14. floor of Swissôtel, has a unique bosphorus view, will be the indispensable place of İstanbul with its decoration and menu.

Gaja Restaurant which brings a new solution to the entertainment concept of Istanbul, lodges the unique tastes of the modern world with its 76 people capacity. You can taste the special cocktails, rich wine menu with 119 options, Cuba cigars and the world tastes with its rich kitchen.

Gaja Restaurant lays the unique tastes of the world at your door…

The menu of this very special place where everything from A to Z is thought for the taste addicts is as special as you. Dominic Scott Jack, the chief at Taillevent which is the 3 Michelin starred famous restaurant of Paris, prepares the elite tastes of the modern kitchen for you.

You can taste the unique tastes which you cannot find anywhere else from organic chicken to kippered meat, from the sea bass to the goose liver terinin at Gaja Restaurant. Gaja Restaurant, lodges different alternatives to the wine addicts with its rich wine menu of 119 options.

The indispensable address of the winter season Gaja Restaurant, creates a difference with its decoration …

Gaja Restaurant which is realized with the design of the famous architect Sinan Kafadar, attracts attention with its decoration as well as its ambiance and menu. With its modern and minimalist lines, you can feel the comfort and royalty at Gaja Restaurant where the blue and its tones pervade in order to comply with the unique view of the bosphorus.

There is private bar and lounge part where the guests can take a drink before and after the dinner. Also, you can host your parties at Gaja Restaurant where there is a private VIP lounge with 12 people capacity.

At Gaja Restaurant, the music consultant is DJ Suat Ateşdağlı and you can enjoy the music and oversee all the beauty of the bosphorus as from 19:00 every day except Sundays. Gaja – Restaurant

This place is a must visit if you are in Istanbul.

For more info visit www.gaja.com.tr or www.swissotel.com.tr