The fourPalaceroofSuitesfeatureprivaterooftopterraces witha 180-degreeviewoftheBosphorus, acrossto the Bosphorus Bridge on onesideand the distantskylineof the Old Townon the other.
Heading back to pack our bags beneath those same glowering ancestors (who somehow now look less forbidding) we consider how the misadventure of an ill-timed traffic jam on the BosphorusBridge brought us to this hidden island paradise.
In an increasingly centralised system he has been the instigator of a series of grandiose projects including a Third BosphorusBridge across Istanbul, and an underwater tunnel from Asia to Europe that would pump traffic into the city's historical peninsula.