In the heart of Istanbul, this new hotel is a luxury oasis
Non-negotiables at the brand’s hotels include resplendent lobbies and signature high teas. But with its setting on the Bosphorus, you could only be in one city.
Peninsula Istanbul’s 177 rooms are across three historic buildings and one new build.
No matter which way you turn, the skyline of Istanbul bristles with minarets. There are more than 3000 mosques in this vast, hilly jumble of ancient history and buzzy modernity – a city with no single centre but many steep, cobbled streets to disappear down. The air is spiced with the smells of street food and soothed by the call to prayer. Seagulls circle the heads of men and women fishing on the Galata Bridge, which spans the spot where the choppy waters of the Bosphorus Strait narrow into the Golden Horn.
The Galata Bridge spans the Bosphorus Strait in bustling Instanbul.
