In search of the past
Royalty comes in many shapes and forms in Istanbul. At the Cyradan Palace Kempinski, two worlds come together in a seamless blend to create an experience that defines Turkish luxury.
It is easy to taste the huzun-or shared melancholia for something lost -that one of Turkey's best loved writers Orhan Pamuk made his own and wrote about extensively. You sense it as you make your way around Istanbul, the murmur and shadow of Constantinople still weaving its way in and out of the grand old-new city. The Bosphorus is a leitmotif for all things past and present, its glittering waters have witnessed the changing of an empire, and its waterways are still used to bridge the identity between Asia and Europe.
It is on the banks of this iconic river that the Cyradan Palace Kempinski hotel lies. Part
