Istanbul at the Bosphorus

  • OPENING DATE:

    June 2008
  • GENERAL MANAGER:

    Reto Moser
Physical Features

Total Number of Rooms: 170

  • Guest Rooms: 145
  • Suites: 25

Number of Stories: 4

Design Aesthetic:

  • Light interiors of marble and glass with Turkish decorative touches and traditional artwork
  • Shades of aqua, silver and taupe reflect hues of the Bosphorus

Architect: TAM – Turgut Alton Mimarlık

Interior Designer(s): Sinan Kafadar – Metex Design Group

History:

  • Former 19th-century Ottoman palace known as Atik Pasha
  • Built as a secondary residence near the Sultan’s principal summer palace on the Bosphorus
  • Converted to a Four Seasons hotel in 2008

Location: Overlooks Bosphorus, at the centre of city's thriving modern heart

Spa

Size: 2,100 sq m / 22,605 sq ft

Interior Designer: Sinan Kafadar

Design Aesthetic:

  • Subtle and understated, decorated in light marble with coloured mosaic tiles and paintings by contemporary Turkish artist Ergin Atlihan
  • Hammams (Turkish baths) of Marmara marble and local materials
  • Eight-edged star motif symbolising the eight gates to heaven in the Seljuk Empire

Number of Treatment Rooms: 10

Signature Treatment:

  • Private Hammam Moments (two hours)
Dining

Sommelier: Fatih Arslan

Examples of Locally Sourced Ingredients:

  • Wild sea bass
  • Organic honey
  • Olive oil and olives
  • Trakya young lamb
  • 30 day aged beef rib
  • Aegean herbs
  • Organic yogurts
  • Çanakkale tomatoes

Restaurant: AQUA Restaurant and Bar

  • Cuisine: Seafood
  • Signature Dish: John dory pot (confit artichokes, champagne sauce, clam , confit lemon, basil)
  • Table Seating: 68
  • Loca Seating: 24

Restaurant: Yalı & The Bar

  • Cuisine: International all-day dining
  • Signature Dishes:
    • Tagliatelle prawn (shrimps, light garlic cream sauce, shellfish and tomato reduction, lemon confit)
    • Seared tuna (potato, beans, olives, tomato, lettuce, capers, red onion, pesto, orange sabayon)
  • The Bar Seating: 12
  • Lounge Seating: 24
  • Dome Seating: 44
  • Canopy Seating: 12

Restaurant: Yasemin

  • Cuisine: Tea time and Turkish dishes
  • Signature Dishes:
    • Alinazik (charred eggplant, yoghurt, charred tomato and pepper)
    • Tea time
  • Indoor Seating: 24
  • Canopy Grace Brands Seating: 22

Restaurant: Ocakbaşı

  • Cuisine: Kebabs and mezze
  • Signature Dishes: “Urfa” kebab (non spicy)
  • Outdoor Seating: 60
  • Dome Seating: 32

 

Recreation

Off-site Activities:

  • Golf – 45 minutes
  • Tennis – 15 minutes

Pools:

  • Number of Pools: 2

Fitness Facilities:

  • Size: 324 sq m / 3,487 sq ft
  • Sample Fitness Activities:
    • Personal training sessions
    • Basic and ball Pilates, stretching
Meeting Rooms

Total Size: 2,551 sq m / 27,459 sq ft

Largest Ballroom: 1,030 sq m / 11,087 sq ft

Meet and Feed Capacity: 500

Banquet Capacity: 1,000

Outdoor Banquet Capacity: 1,000

Breakout Spaces: 6

Private Dining Room: 30

Unique Meeting and Event Facilities: Wedding Garden on the waterfront for social occasions and other events


PRESS CONTACTS
Nil Atila
Senior Director of Public Relations and Marketing Communications
Çırağan Cad. No. 28
Istanbul, 34349
Türkiye
Meriç Gürsoy
Digital Marketing Manager
Çırağan Cad. No. 28
Istanbul, 34349
Türkiye