Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus
Istanbul, Türkiye
On Istanbul’s European shore, this 170-room hotel faces the Bosphorus from a former 19th-century Ottoman palace known as Atik Pasha. Converted into a Four Seasons hotel in 2008, it sets historic architecture against a working waterfront in Beşiktaş, a modern, central district rather than the Old City. Its scale includes 145 guest rooms and 25 suites; the defining experience is the contrast between palace interiors and the strait just beyond the terrace.