Jan 19, 2012

The Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, once the residence of the last Ottoman Sultan, has been restored to its former glory and is the only Luxury Imperial Palace Hotel in Turkey. The Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul offers the ultimate in luxury and glamour of a genuine Ottoman Palace. This 5-star luxury Imperial Palace hotel, lovingly restored and ideally...

Dec 22, 2011

Hotel Les Ottomans is extravagantly restored in a Baroque Istanbul style, located in a former 18th-century Pasha’s mansion. Theatrical and stunning, it has just 10 suites. There was a time when the “Yali”s, wonderful seaside mansions, so essential to the Istanbul cityscape, were lined up one after another along the shores of Kuruçesme. These...

Dec 19, 2011

Sumahan On The Water is a newly restored 19th century Ottoman distillery. The view from every bedroom is an ever-changing seascape of fishermen and ships. There is no better way to see Istanbul. Sumahan sits on the very edge of the Bosphorus straits which separate Europe from Asia and link the cold waters of the Black sea to the warm waters of the Sea of Marmara...