Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group announced the opening of its newest luxury hotel on the shores of the Bosphorus in Istanbul.
Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus, Istanbul features 100 spacious, luxuriously designed guest rooms and suites with stunning views over the Bosphorus and the city skyline. A wide range of stylish restaurants and bars, significant entertainment spaces for social gatherings, and an all-encompassing Mandarin Oriental Spa provides an ideal backdrop for leisure and business travel.
The hotel is well placed to become one of the city’s best locations for dining and entertaining, introducing the globally renowned Novikov concepts to Istanbul with the main Novikov restaurant directly on the shorefront, a classic Novikov Lounge Bar, a vibrant Bosphorus Lounge with waterfront terrace and the Novikov Pool Bar in a garden oasis.
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus offers an extensive range of wellness and beauty therapies and includes luxury treatment rooms, hammams, private relaxation areas, exercise and fitness facilities as well as an indoor and outdoor swimming pool.
For corporate and social events, the hotel features three expansive ballrooms, a garden terrace and pool area, and six meeting rooms. There is also a unique open space which can be hired and decorated in a bespoke manner befitting of special occasions and celebrations.
“We are delighted to be opening this stunning urban resort in one of the world’s most exciting destinations and look forward to bringing Mandarin Oriental’s renowned quality of service to Istanbul. This marks the Group’s second entry into Turkey, and promises to be the perfect complement to the award-winning Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum which opened in 2014,” said Christoph Mares, Chief Operating Officer for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus, Istanbul is ideally located 15 minutes from the central business district and the city’s central Taksim Square. Istanbul’s major attractions, historical sitesand museumsare a short drive away, and the hotel is a short walk to the nightlife in Kuruçeşme. The hotel is adjacent to Kuruçeşme and Bebek parks, which have extensive pathways,ideal for walking or jogging. The Istanbul and Sabiha Gökçen international airports are less than an hour away.
