02/03/2024
Take a seat on the terrace and cast your eye across the chromatic waters of the Golden Horn. First, there's Topkapi Palace, built by the Ottomans in the 1460s following the conquest of Constantinople. And over there – the six sky-piercing minarets of the 400-year-old Blue Mosque. Next door: Hagia Sofia, one of the most outstanding architectural achievements of antiquity, commissioned by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the sixth century. Its beauty is only rivalled by the bubbling powder-blue domes of nearby Süleymaniye Mosque, constructed by Mimar Sinan, a contemporary of Michaelangelo. Like Rome, Istanbul was built on seven hills, six of which are visible from the hotel. There might be other luxurious heritage hotels set on the banks of the Bosphorus, but none of them have a view that can compete with The Peninsula's.
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